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Huey Lewis, the iconic frontman of Huey Lewis and the News, has made a powerful and emotional vow: he won’t give up on music, even though he can no longer hear it.
In a candid new interview with People magazine, the 73-year-old rock star opened up about his ongoing battle with Ménière’s disease, a debilitating condition that affects the inner ear and can cause vertigo, hearing loss, and chronic dizziness. Lewis was first diagnosed back in 1996, but his condition took a dramatic turn in 2018 when he lost hearing in both ears, forcing him to retire from performing live.
Since then, he’s relied on a cochlear implant to help with speech comprehension, but music, heartbreakingly, remains out of reach.
“I can’t hear music,” he said. “The worst part is that means it’s bad enough not to be able to perform and sing and play, but it’s really bad not to even be able to enjoy music.”
The man behind hits like The Power of Love, Hip to Be Square, and If This Is It revealed he is still “mildly dizzy all the time,” though he hopes he's “outgrown” the worst of his vertigo symptoms. But despite his daily challenges, Lewis remains determined to stay creatively engaged.
“I’m not going to give up,” he said. “I’m going to try to record again. That’s the best feeling in the world.”
Still, he acknowledged the harsh reality of his situation. “I mean, I might get to where I can try to, and I’m not going to give up. I’m going to try. But geez, that kind of fun, that kind of great ride, I doubt I’m ever going to see that… feel that again.”
Huey Lewis’s resilience in the face of profound loss is nothing short of inspiring. For a man whose life has revolved around music for over four decades, the fact that he can no longer experience the very thing he loves most is a cruel twist of fate. Yet he continues to find strength in hope, in the possibility, however distant, of creating music again.
