Music legend Neil Diamond, who has crafted such classic songs as Solitary Man, Sweet Caroline, Cherry Cherry, and Cracklin' Rosie -- to name only a few -- over the past five decades, has no plans to pack it in anytime soon reports Jam! Music.

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"Well, maybe in 20 years from now, but not right now," he cracked during a recent teleconference interview with North American music writers, including Sun Media.

In fact, the 67-year-old New Yorker has been on the road since mid-July and had Western Canadian dates back in September in support of his latest critically acclaimed disc, Home Before Dark.

He's now on the third leg of the tour that arrives at the Air Canada Centre for two shows, tomorrow and Wednesday.

Diamond, who has sold more than 125 million albums worldwide, explained what keeps him going after all this time and how his longevity has surprised even him.

"I never would have predicted this," he said. "It seems that my whole career has been just stumbling from one place to another in search of new music and good music, and new people to work with, and new shows to do. I never expected that I'd be around this long when I first started.

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