Bob Seger: "My career's winding down"

Bob Seger has admitted that he doesn't believe he can carry on performing for much longer.

The singer, who released his first solo LP Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1969, told Rolling Stone that he is quickly reaching the point where he will have to give up his career as a musician.

"My career's winding down," Seger lamented. "What can I say? I can't do this much longer."

He added: "My manager is 70. We've been together for 45 years now and we need to stop pretty soon and turn it over to the Kid Rocks and Eminems.

"I guess we're in the final stages here. When I got off stage the other night I said to my security guy, 'That was surreal. I can't believe I just did a full-on rock show'. It's just surreal."

The musician revealed that his long-held dependence on cigarettes has also been detrimental to his stamina.

"Thank god I quit alcohol in the 1990s, so that's not a problem," Seger asserted. "But it's really coffee, cigarettes and milk. At least I'm down to skim milk now, but they're all drying agents. I try to hold each cigarette as long as I can without smoking them. I'm trying to cut down."

Over the course of his more than 40-year career, Seger has scored 11 US platinum-selling albums and was inducted into the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

His current tour wraps up on May 26 with a concert at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena.