The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
The future is keeping you out of the present time.
If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.
I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.