I have younger friends who don't work, and they aren't doing so well. My secret is to keep going, keep working.

Among his many honors Paul is one of a handful of artists with a permanent stand-alone exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lester William Polsfuss (June 9 1915 – August 13 2009)—known as Les Paul—was an American jazz country and blues guitarist songwriter luthier and inventor.