Rock legend Rod Stewart is currently in the middle of a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, but once that concludes in February, he will be shifting all his focus to his new album. In an interview with Vegas Player, the 69-year-old singer revealed that he has been writing songs for his follow-up to 2013's Time, and he is more prolific now than he ever was.
"Believe it or not, I've got 10 tracks ready for the new album. I've got songs coming out of my bum at the moment," Stewart admits jokingly. "I just wish I could have had this 25 or 30 years ago. I was enjoying myself too much then."
Stewart's last album Time marked the singer's return to songwriting, which he had largely taken a break from over the last 20 years. Since 2000, Stewart's recorded output has mostly been devoted to his Great American Songbook series, in which he covered American pop standards.
In his Vegas Player interview, Stewart also discusses the difficulties of performing for so long out in Las Vegas, saying that the city is particularly difficult for singers "because it's so dry in the desert."
"You're constantly looking after your voice," Stewart says. "For me personally, I do voice rests, so my kids wonder why I'm not talking ... I look after it as if it were the crown jewels. I'm paranoid about it to the point where I'm drinking tons of water, getting plenty of sleep, not talking and doing and hour and a half warm-ups before I sing. It's my instrument and I protect it, like I said, like it's the crown jewels."
When asked how long he plans on performing, Stewart replies, "As long as the voice is there, I'll keep going."
You can check out the music video for Rod Stewart's "It's Over" from his most recent album Time here:
