Quotes about turning 60?
May 15, 2007 1:56 PM Subscribe
Please help me find good quotes, lyrics, verses etc. about turning 60.
A friend of mine is throwing a surprise jam session for her musician father, who is turning 60, and is looking for a good quote for the invitations. What are some good quotations/verses/poems about music as it relates to aging and life or vice versa (or any other appropriate text you can think of)?
A friend of mine is throwing a surprise jam session for her musician father, who is turning 60, and is looking for a good quote for the invitations. What are some good quotations/verses/poems about music as it relates to aging and life or vice versa (or any other appropriate text you can think of)?
How about Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band?
"Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill"
It goes on and on...check out the link.
posted by redarmycomrade at 2:16 PM on May 15, 2007
"Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill"
It goes on and on...check out the link.
posted by redarmycomrade at 2:16 PM on May 15, 2007
"I'm going to be much better looking when I'm 60 than I am now."
- Bono, in the 2005 Rolling Stone interview.
posted by 4ster at 2:37 PM on May 15, 2007
- Bono, in the 2005 Rolling Stone interview.
posted by 4ster at 2:37 PM on May 15, 2007
The end of I'm Still Here" by Sondheim:
I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, c'est la vie
I got through all of last year, and I'm here
Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here
Look who's here, I'm still here
Or, really, any other part of the song as well.
posted by EllenC at 3:35 PM on May 15, 2007
I've run the gamut, A to Z
Three cheers and dammit, c'est la vie
I got through all of last year, and I'm here
Lord knows, at least I was there, and I'm here
Look who's here, I'm still here
Or, really, any other part of the song as well.
posted by EllenC at 3:35 PM on May 15, 2007
"Leave The Light On" by Chris Smither seems apropos. It starts out as follows:
If I were young again, I'd pay attention
to that little-known invention
the taste of endless time.
It's like water, it runs right through our fingers
but the flavor of it lingers
like a rich red wine.
In those days we were single, we lived 'em one by one
Now we hardly see 'em, they don't walk, they run
But I've got plenty left I've set my sight on
Don't wait up, leave the light on
I'll be home soon.
posted by tdismukes at 4:36 PM on May 15, 2007
If I were young again, I'd pay attention
to that little-known invention
the taste of endless time.
It's like water, it runs right through our fingers
but the flavor of it lingers
like a rich red wine.
In those days we were single, we lived 'em one by one
Now we hardly see 'em, they don't walk, they run
But I've got plenty left I've set my sight on
Don't wait up, leave the light on
I'll be home soon.
posted by tdismukes at 4:36 PM on May 15, 2007
Mother's Little Helper by the Rolling Stones?
posted by electroboy at 6:44 AM on May 16, 2007
posted by electroboy at 6:44 AM on May 16, 2007
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Of course, a lot of music that discusses age is more in the vein of "Hope I die before I get old"...
posted by Midnight Creeper at 2:08 PM on May 15, 2007