2023 Rewind: EDGE Interview: Silver Fox Colton Ford Says You Can Have It... If You Can 'Handle It'

"I just feel like it's, it's way healthier to not live in your persona," Ford says. "But it's an extension of me that I've been able to create and grow a brand. Entertainers that have been in the business for a while have gone through a bunch of different names, right? And I experienced that and this is the first name that I really like – [Colton Ford] is a hot name."

Having already made a name for himself in independent movies and music, one might wonder if he will tackle the literary market. Certainly, there are some great stories worth telling from his time in the business. He became an adult film star just as the medium was about to blow up online, and knowing impresario Chi Chi La Rue, there ought to be some good insider stories to tell.

Ford says he has been approached about writing a book. Still, he is apprehensive. There are a lot of things he could write about that he fears some wouldn't want out there. The motivation to keep things that he does under his professional name is an ethic he holds close to his heart.

"There are a lot of people in my life that would be included in my stories, and you know, they are salacious and whatnot," he says. "I just don't know who would be cool with that and who wouldn't, you know?"

Still, he is going to start asking people if they would be okay with it. "My desire would be not to expose anybody in a way that they don't wanna be exposed."

With his new album "Permission" just released on digital platforms, Ford isn't slowing down. He is making an example of how getting older doesn't mean having a sedentary life. He says the "Handle It" video shows that you can be contemporary and maintain a level of fitness and activity. The only reference he had to turning 60 were his grandparents.

"I certainly don't look like my grandparents," he contends. "So it's a new day and hopefully it'll send a message to people who are younger that it doesn't stop at a certain age. You know, you can still do your thing."

That conviction and creedo are the charges that keep him going. This is a new chapter in his life, and he is, as the song goes, "signed, sealed, delivered" and ready to live it. There is a positivity in his voice as he talks about "Permission" and the aim of his future.

"I'm never gonna be tapped out," he says. "This is just what I do. I don't know that we'll release a full album again because it's not an album market. But we have a large catalog and we wanted to get some of these songs out to the universe and so we put together this record to do that and I'm really, really happy with the way it turned out, and the quality and production of it and all that kind of good stuff."

Colton's Ford's "Permission" is a Woop Woop Productions release and is available now on all major digital platforms. The edited "Handle It" music video is on YouTube. The unedited version can be found on his Just For Fans page and The Sword.

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