Sure I embrace growing 'older' but the death part I will fight.
Let me count the whys. I do not want to die under an administration where the President is entering the final stage of syphillus. I do not want a world of a change of hope for racist fascism when I die. I do not want to depart in a world unseen except by screens or where people only talk by typing.
Artists have longevity disciplines like breath control in singing, painting, playing and even professional shooting when we practically control our heart rate.
Musicians are often poor so they eat to live and don't live to eat. Beyond that everything feels like luck. I used to worry that everything I did was only practicing for life and not living it but thats just the way learning feels to me. If there is one unavoidable thing to embrace it is, you will be misunderstood in and after life.