Let's make this birthday one to remember.

83 years old (Born on March 09, 1942)

Happy birthday, John Cale! Whether you're crafting groundbreaking albums like "Paris 1919," stirring up artistic anarchy with The Velvet Underground, or proving you can make both punk rock and avant-garde cello solos look easy—you're forever showing the world your creative chaos knows no age.

Here's to a man whose music remains eternally influential. May this year's celebrations be as delightfully unconventional as that iconic viola solo on "Venus in Furs." Keep defying time (and genre), John—the only velvet underground we approve of is cake served promptly at your legendary party. Rock audaciously onward; you're timelessly cool!