I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest.
I would make tea for Joni Mitchell or clean her car, anything to be in the studio and watch her work.