A Quote by John Lennon

It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.

John Lennon

Quote Topics

Away Better Burn Burn Out Fade Fade Away Like Old Out Soldier Than

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John Lennon
English - Musician
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison - it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.

John Lennon

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Neil Young

I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Clancy Brown

I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.

Kurt Cobain

A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.

Kurt Cobain

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

Douglas MacArthur

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

Ahmet Ertegun

It is better to burn out then fade away

Neil Young

I didn't want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn't want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.

Jenny Han

I have no fear; I have nothing to lose. I'd rather burn out than fade away, and I would rather go out in a blaze of glory on my own terms than let anybody dictate anything to me in my career. I had the chance to wrestle The Undertaker [on Smackdown in 2013], and one thing I took away from it was that he looked me in the eye and said, 'Trust your instincts because you've got great instincts.'

Dean Ambrose

Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Spot in the middle Static fade, statistic bit And soon I fade away, fade away

Dave Matthews

Old school new school need to learn though I burn baby, burn like Disco Inferno Burn slow like blunts with ya-yo Peel more skins than Idaho potato

The Notorious B.I.G.

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.

Bob Dylan

Do you wanna be a poet and write? Do you wanna be an actor up in lights? Do you wanna be soldier, and fight for love? Do you wanna travel the world? Do you wanna be a diver for pearls? Or climb the mountain, and touch the clouds above? Be anyone you want to be. Bring to life your fantasies. But I want something in return, I want you to burn, burn for me, baby. Like a candle in the night. Oh burn, burn for me, burn for me.