Rod to quit music for baby

Showbiz

09:30 16 October 2005

Rod Stewart is ready to quit music - and focus on being a dad, according to his fiancé Penny Lancaster.

The sexy model, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, says the Scottish rocker - who already has six children from three different relationships - is thinking about turning his back on his career to spend more time at home when their baby is born.

She said: "Rod's at the point where performing is not the be-all and end-all.

"He wants to focus on having a family because he didn't have the chance to do that before. He's really turned a corner."

The beautiful blonde, 34, who is due to give birth in December, admits she will be delighted if Rod, 60, does stop touring.

She added in an interview with Britain's Now magazine: "That's what I've always wanted - to be with the man I love and to have our child. Nothing else could make me this happy."

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