A lot of rockers who are still at it in their 70’s and 80’s were heard to say in their youth that they can’t imagine playing rock past the age of 40 (or 50). Some even said 30, but nobody believed them.
“I only meant to do it for two years. I guess the band would just disperse one day and say goodbye. I would continue to write and sing, but I’d rather be dead than sing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m 45.”
- Mick Jagger (in 1975)