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.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

Now it's closing time/the music's fading out.

I finally discovered that my life is more important than show business.

I was a fireman. I lived in the fire sta­tion for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind of like being in the army, or what I imagine that would be like.

On my gravestone, I want it to say, "I told you I was sick."