Der Sänger mit der unverwechselbaren rauchigen Stimme starb letzte Nacht im Alter von 58 Jahren an Krebs.
"You know, you have to understand, I’m an artist – I’m not a popsinger. I care more for the text and the beat and my heartbeat und the emotion that music brings you – more than making your girlfriends hair do stand up on end, you know. I’m not working for 12-year-olds, I don’t write for 12-year-olds."