John Mellencamp
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But most people would go... Go outside, yeah.
But I'll tell you a funny story about Johnny Cash and me.
John and I knew each other, and I would go down and I would see him in Jamaica, and then he got really sick.
But John quit smoking, and John and I did...
did something for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And it's another funny story.
We were standing around doing, getting ready to do sound checking.
There was a whole bunch of people playing.
A whole bunch of people.
And the Eagles were on sound checking.
And they were taking forever because Don Henley is a perfectionist.
Everything's got to be just right.
And I was standing with John and June.
And John was getting irritated because we were like 40 minutes.
We'd been standing there ready to sound check for 40 minutes.
So while we were standing there, I was smoking.
And John goes, you're going to have to quit that smoking, John.
It's going to catch up with you someday.
I said, well, you fucking smoke.
And he goes, well, I used to.