Smokey Robinson has made a statement that retirement “didn’t work” on his behalf. The singer refused to retire from his music career
Smokey Robinson says “I tried retiring one time and it didn’t work for me, man. I’m living my impossible childhood dream. I’m doing what i love, and it’s a blessing”
Smokey Robinson: I’m Doing What I Love And It’s A Blessing
The 84-year-old mentioned that he took a year off from his performing career in 1972 in order to focus on his personal life and family and the executive role at Motown and has admitted to the fact that it was more than enough for him, as he cannot stay away from performing on the stage and he missed that a lot.
Smokey said the following to People Magazine: “I tried retiring one time and it didn’t work for me, man. I’m living my impossible childhood dream. I’m doing what I love, and it’s a blessing…[The thrill I get] is the fact that I’m still doing it…I tried retiring and nothing matches it for me. Nothing gives me that same thing as being on stage and being with people and having a good time.”
He continued: “I love music, and I always have before I even knew that I was ever going to have a career. Fortunately for me, I grew up in a home where there was always music. I grew up in a music home. I had two older sisters and my mom, and they were always playing music — blues, gospel, jazz, classical, everything. I grew up with a great dose of music, and I’ve always loved music. Music is very, very, very essential throughout my life and in my life. So yeah, man, I’m a music lover!”
Smokey kept on going and said “When you’re in show business, people think that that’s all you do: you’re in show business and your party and that’s it, and that’s your whole life is partying.Invariably, somebody would come backstage when I was doing it after the shows and say, ‘OK, Smokey, now where’s the party?’ I would tell them, ‘I just had the party! I just had a party for two hours.
“That was a party to me. I was having a great time, so I just had the party. Now, I’m going back to my hotel room and watch some TV and fall asleep.’”
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