Congratulations on your 26th studio album,Gasms.
Tell us about that title.
I was at the piano one day, and I wanted to write something controversial.
And I thought about gasms, because gasm is a controversial word.
And most people, when you say gasms, they go right to orgasm as the first gasm.
It might be the most important one anyway!
Do you hopeGasmsmight help get older folk back in the bedroom?
Thats never happened to me!
I want to make it clear thatsneverhappened to me.
Especially in todays world, where people who are 60 are now like 30.
Weve got all kinds of health stuff and treatments that we didnt have years ago.
When I was a kid, a person of 60 was kind of old but not now.
How do you keep fit for touring again?
Iwork outall the time, whether Im going on the road or not.
I just want to keep myself as fit as I possibly can.
And Ive been doingyogafor about 40 years.
So I try and take care of myself because the road can be grueling.
But Im never off the road, honey.
Its just that we have a new album out, but we tour all the time.
And you also meditate?
I dont meditate like I used to.
I used to do transcendental meditation, but thats what got me off into doing yoga.
Do you have a strict diet?
For about five years, I was actually a vegan.
But then I got sick with COVID, and I was hospitalized for about 11 days.
And when I came home, my wife, Frances, started sneaking fish and chicken into my meals.
I wasn’t paying attention because I was still out of it.
COVID keeps you out for a while.
So I began eating chicken and fish again, but then there are so many plant-based meats nowadays.
Theres a plant-based meat for almost every kind of meat you might think of.
So Im in pretty good shape because of those things.
