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This goes right to the discussion we were having yesterday. Nifty.:)

Q: Why are you quitting the road?

A: It's not that I don't like performing, I just don't like leaving home. But it's not like I'm giving up and retiring. I'll probably still wind up at the Pantages or Universal Amphitheater now and again.

I just don't want to do these big tours where they keep me away from my life . . . 35 years of no life. [He laughs.] I've decided that I need my life back: to play with my dogs, go to the movies, visit with friends. I need that.

I've never been able to sell out arenas before. Neil Diamond has sold out arenas all of his life. I always felt that I do better in a small house. I communicate much deeper and much more easily. But I guess I'm to the point of once before I croak or something [imitates ticket buyer]: "Is he still alive? We'll see him before he croaks."

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This is from a Billboard interview in late September. Thanks to

darthgeek for finding it.:)

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you know kyburg? <3 her. :)

I love that nonchalant line, "probably still wind-up at the Pantages or Universal Amphitheatre now and again". Like putting together a show is as easy as getting Mickey Rooney's dad to lend him a barn. Then again if Jimmy Nederlander still owns the Pantages it just might be that simple for the B-Man.

Two more shows and the whole big tour comes to a close - Dallas tonight, and Houston on the 20th. No, maybe it is the other way around. I forget, he had to reschedule those two when he was sent home from the road with bronchitis a couple of weeks ago.

OMG - I'm spouting Barry minutiae. I haven't done that in an age.

Good interview though, huh?

Happy birthday. :)

I need to write that letter. Doofus acts like he's my next-door neighbor or something.

Oh, wait. He is. Nevermind.

Happy birthday!