Rock And Roll Heaven by The Righteous Brothers. This talks about numerous music stars who died too young. First verse: Jimi gave us rainbows is Jimi Hendrix. Janis took a piece of our hearts is Janis Joplin. Otis took us all to the dock of the bay is Otis Redding. Remember Jim that way is Jim Morrison.
The idea is that even if you earn too much to contribute to a Roth IRA directly, you can open a Traditional nondeductible IRA and convert it to a Roth; there is no income limit on Traditional nondeductible IRAs or conversions.
You can definitely contribute to a Roth IRA too. However, according to the IRS for the 2011 tax year : Contributions to a traditional IRA reduce your limit for contributions to a Roth IRA. There is a chart in Publication 509 from the IRS that lets you figure how the Roth IRA contribution will affect your traditional IRA contribution limit.