you can say they were kind of kidding and didn t hope they died before they got old, but they also didn t expect to be doing this in their 60s or 70s. it s unprecedented. in certain ways it s great as the baby boomer generation that made these guys famous became older itself and is look iing t extend their lives, their careers to have rich and fulfilling experiences well past 65, these guys, well, it s not an attainment example that they have offered us but they re offering us an interesting example. but how do these rockers stay young? for richards, perhaps a diet of vodka and orange soda. and other people go, oh, well, this is great. yeah, i invented it. i think really it just happened one day i had vodka and nothing to mix it with. though no one has said the road to rock stardom has been easy, years of partying might do this to you, but we should all have such longevity in any business. i can only hope you ll still immediate me when i m 64. ....