“It's better to burn out than to fade away.”

“def leppard lyric from Rock of Ages: It's better to burn out than fade away. This is not a Curt Cobain quote. He was quoting them !!!!!”

“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. "It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, " he said. "I worship people who survive. I'll take the living and the healthy.”

“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”

“Being burned out is a lot better than having no fire in the fist place.”

“It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.”