Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Zevon 's parents divorced when he was 16 years old and he soon quit high school and moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer .
Simplified: Zevon 's parents divorced when he was 16 years old . After that , he quit high school and moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer .