David Crosby Dying Soon? Singer Reveals How Death Helped Him in Recent Music Output

David Crosby revealed his secret in his late career's success - his death.

Since 1964, Crosby has been actively sharing his vocals until Bob Dylan led their band, Byrds, to fame with their first hit song, "Mr. Tambourine Man." After becoming part of several bands, he went on to pursue his solo career.

But in the recent years of his stint in the music industry, the musician revealed that thinking about his death made him crank out.

In a new interview (via Best Classic Bands), the 80-year-old "The Us Below" hitmaker said that he began thinking about his death, and it motivated him to do better in recent years.

"I've been making records at a startling rate. I've made five albums in six, seven years. It's an absurd rate to be cranking albums out. The reason being is that I'm gonna die," he said, as quoted by Ultimate Classic Rock and Culture.

He added that the awareness of his death kept him focused on his art. Due to that thought, he desired to crank out all the music he could before he dies.

Now that he is 80, the picture of dying is purportedly much clearer. Instead of being afraid, he expressed his desire to release more music.

David Crosby Retiring From Touring

Crosby is not yet done in music-making, but the crooner recently announced his retirement from touring.

He declared his plan in a newly published interview, per Variety, saying that he is now too old to be on the road again.

"I'm not, because I'm 80. It's because I'm old. Being on a bus tour is a daunting task. It's very hard. It takes it out of you," he told the journalism class at Golden High School in Golden, Colorado. "It has been awful. COVID is a very weird disease. It makes you feel absolutely freaking awful. It has been thoroughly unpleasant...it's no fun at all. You want to avoid it if you possibly can."

Aside from not going on tours anymore, Crosby's fans might no longer see him play the guitar again due to his tendonitis in both hands.

Tendonitis, according to NHS, occurs when a person's tendon swells following a tendon injury.

On top of the issue in his hand, he also underwent a liver transplant in 1994 and currently suffers from type 2 diabetes. He also has a heart issue detected during cardiac catheterization and angiogram in 2014.

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