Are we killing our rock stars?

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Originally Posted by singertobe

You wonder why she didn't retire at 40. She has expressed interest in having children and she'd still be fertile at that age. Was it really that she wanted to keep making music? Or was this the managers' doing?

Stevie likes to tell that story with that slant because it makes a great tragic story, all the children she might have had.

The reality is she never was willing to make any sacrifices to her career that a personal life would require. She could have had children at any point; indeed she ended pregnancies rather than have kids. So I don't buy that sob story in this case as much more than a great drama.