"It can be lonely. I've thought, 'Well, this is my job, I'm happy to have the work, but I prefer to be doing something else,'" he says in a new interview with AARP magazine. "Then, I think, 'Well, I'm 80 years old. Why shouldn't I revel in it? Why shouldn't I celebrate?'"
The Who's The Song Is Over North America Farewell Tour hits Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday. A complete list of dates can be found at TheWho.com.