NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Pat Boone says his new album of gospel songs, “Legacy,” will be his last.

Boone says he’s had success in all kinds of music in his 60-year career, but the new album of 17 Christian songs he wrote himself is what he wants to be his legacy.

The 80-year-old singer says, “I figure if I am going to do a last album, I would rather it be this kind of music. Because I expect to be singing this after I have passed away. I am going to be up there singing some of these songs.”

Boone says he can still sing, but it’s harder than it used to be. He says when he was young it was “so easy, like breathing.”

One of the songs on his “Legacy” album is called “Breathe,” a prayer to receive the breath of God.

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