"Its better to burn out than to rust"

That was said by my music guru and the older I get, the more it makes sense. I mean on what do you base your life upon my friend? The end all is the inevitable end all and how we get there is our freedom choice. To rust away reminds me of a Ford Transit just sitting in the corner of a lot doing nothing, sinking into the ground and with mother nature doing its thing and rusting away into a pile of rust. Just like a couch potatoe who plants a bottle of beer on his stomach and nods out while watching tv. Rot sets in. Rust sets in. The other alternative is to burn out. Life is hard and you can spruce up that Ford Transit by sandblasting the rust out, respraying, and make it as almost as good as new. But, to maintain that newness, you always have to replace old parts, retune it etc. A labour of love to keep it from rusting but eventually that engine will burn out and that hot transit will meet the same fate as the rusting transit in the lot corner.
The lifestyle choice is yours and mine and Neil boldly stated...Its better to burn out than to rust.....
I suppose this way of thinking can somehow explain on why 5 old grown men (except for the babe magnet keyboardist) would embark on a music band project and attempt the play live gigs and bars. Burn out? Maybe. Constant practicing and only when when we can manage to meet at the same room at the same time. Trying to figure out these songs which is a lot harder than you may think because somehow the memory cells aren't as effective as before. Wouldn't it be easier just to lay on the couch and plant a beer on your stomach and watch the olympics?.......................................
....Nah............. It is better to burn out. Try something new. Learn something new. Feel something new. And ladies and gentlemen, we are doing that. We are having a blast. A real blast and in two weeks it is going to progress into that first gig. At the age of 55.
Now.....I wonder if the "Its better to burn out....." was meant at expense of making possible fool of yourself on stage? People, we will soon find out and we will have fun finding out.