Stevie Retirement Alternatives

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Instead, Stevie is an artist who has waivered little throughout the years, and has merely reacted to trends, rather than adopting them steadfastly. If anything, she has crafted a body of work and a persona that is so unique and rich that now, at the age of 60, she is probably afraid to do anything drastic to tarnish everything she has worked so hard to cultivate, even if it means constantly re-hashing old material or covering other people's songs.

Wow. Very well-put. I so admire that Stevie has maintained her 'self' to the best of her ability. And the one time she did cave to these pressures (Sometimes It's A Bitch, Love's A Hard Game To Play), she views as a big mistake and was very hurt by it. 'Integrity' is definitely a word that comes to mind when I think of Stevie.

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

This is basically Stevie today as a 60-year-old woman, who is as flawed and/or sublime as she was when she was 30- just in different ways.

My god, I absolutely love that sentence.