Fear is a huge thing for older people.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

But I know that the despair that these young people ? and older people, too ? face is so huge, and the extreme response is suicide. Their self-destructive, self-loathing is so strong that they just can't live with themselves, and that is just untenable.

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.