Richard marx is rocking his 60s, softly | members only

I REMEMBER WATCHING THE TALK SHOWS WITH MERV GRIFFIN AND MIKE DOUGLAS GROWING UP. DID ANY INTERVIEWERS INSPIRE YOU? I remember when I did _The Tonight Show _with Johnny Carson, I realized

why he was the king, because I had done all the other talk shows at that time, the ’80s and ’90s. And when I went on with Johnny, it was like being in a master class. The way he handled it,

yes, he was very quick, and if there was an opportunity for him to be funny, he would be, but never at the expense of the guest. ... Dick Cavett was [also] a really, really good interviewer.

I was a big fan of his.  Richard Marx and Daisy Fuentes have been married since 2015. Getty Images YOUR SCHEDULE IS VERY BUSY. DO YOU AND DAISY EVER JUST CHILL AND BINGE SOME TV? That’s a

very, very rare occurrence. In fact, at the end of the fourth year we were together, we realized that we had only watched three films, maybe a couple of episodes of TV, and it’s pretty much

that way now. When people say, “What do you guys do?” There’s a dirty answer, which is really fun. But the other answer is that we talk. ... And when we have a nice quiet night at home, we

don’t want to be in front of a screen. We make a drink and Daisy makes dinner and we listen to beautiful music and we talk and we say things like, _Hey, I read this thing today _or _I saw

this thing today._ SO OF THE LITTLE TV YOU WATCH, IT MUST BE GOOD. WHAT IS IT? I’ve turned her on to two shows that I’ve loved. One of them was _Dexter_, which I binged again because she

couldn’t stop watching it with me. And I mean the original _Dexter_. And then there’s this other show that I really, really love called _Suits_ that was huge, especially during the pandemic.

But I started when it first came on the air. ... And so now Daisy’s obsessed with _Suits_. So I’m watching it over again. .. There’s so many seasons, we’ll probably be in our 70s by the

time we finish.  AND YOU HAVE THREE BOYS [WITH EX-WIFE CYNTHIA RHODES, 68]. WHAT DO YOU ALL LIKE TO DO TOGETHER? We sit and talk. My sons are 34 [Brandon], 32 [Lucas] and 31 [Jesse]. And so

they’re now my best friends. When I’m off the road, my sons and I have a standing dinner, the four of us. ... And we go to the same place that makes amazing cocktails, and we sit and talk

about what’s going on in our lives. We hang out together a lot, but we try to make that a really sort of sacred get-together for the four of us. I cherish those experiences. Richard Marx

performs in Las Vegas as part of an acoustic tour that he's currently co-headlining with Rick Springfield. Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Casino Resort YOU DON’T HAVE ANY

GRANDKIDS, THOUGH, DO YOU? I do. I have a granddaughter from my oldest son. She’s 15 now, which I can’t believe. And, every once in a while, she’ll text me and ask me about [things] like,

“Papa, did you ever meet Michael Jackson?” ​And I can regale her with stories of my youth. It’s fun. WHAT WOULD RETIREMENT LOOK LIKE TO RICHARD MARX? ANY PLANS? Oh God, no. I can’t

imagine. Why would I ever? I hope to sort of take the Tony Bennett train where, a year, year and a half before Tony died, he was still performing. ... As long as I can get up there and do it

well. I don’t know what that’s going to look like. I can’t imagine I’m going to, in my 80s, be up there singing _Don’t Mean Nothing_, _Should’ve Known Better_, running around the stage. ...

I really think I have the best job on the planet. I love it more now than I ever have before. I’m having more fun. Part of that is not taking it too seriously. Part of it is having a wife

who loves to join me on the road. But it’s also just the act of getting up and singing and making people smile, making people happy for two hours. You have to be older to appreciate that

that’s what it is that we do. And then you have your own appreciation for it more than ever.