I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.
Tom WaitsMost songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.
Tom WaitsLeona Helmsley's dog made $12 million last year... and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio, made $30,000. It's just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains.
Tom Waits