Today I was reminded of the late, great Bill Hicks. Life is “just choice, right now, between fear and love”. In a recent post Ok is not ok, I noted that Neil Young said: It’s better to burn out, than to fade away and Kurt Cobain included that in his suicide note. I seek to provoke inward thought, and also would love to hear your thoughts to teach and inspire me.įor now, as we go on in our game of life, I leave you this. Lost me, I think you lost me Say, but they used to. Some burned brightly but briefly, all sacrificed. Its better to burn out than fade away I aint coming to save the day Dont I get you anything you want. Kurgan : MacLeod attempts to throttle Kurgan in a church Holy ground, Highlander Remember what Ramirez taught you. It became infamous after being quoted in Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide note. Brighten your home decor with this locally handmade and hand painted quote pillar candle that has inspirational words from Neil Young painted across it. That’s all he said on the matter, leaving us all to wonder whether he’s amused, weirded out. A few geniuses who built roads other will drive upon who gave much for their art : Perhaps I gave her something you never could, and secretly she yearned for my return. The line, 'it's better to burn out than to fade away' was taken from one of the songs of Young's bandmate in the short-lived supergroup The Ducks, Jeff Blackburn. It’s better to burn out than fade away, but is it also better to be mistaken for Kurt Cobain. Risking it all does not mean dying young and in pain, but it does mean sacrifice for your art. There are so many parallels between great artists and great leaders, one of which sits at the core of #OpenLeadership, and that is bravery.īravery to “risk absolutely everything for the smallest chance that something absolutely amazing could happen” (per the quote in the “ok is not ok” post).ĭo you want to be someone about whom is said: “others will drive on the road he built”? Are you brave enough to “think different”? Will you risk it all? (cue many entrepreneurs reading this nodding vigorously “yes, been there done that, got the t-shirt!”) The other will drive on the road he built” Absolutely not politically correct (so be warned if you google him), he was a genius of a comedian and thinker, who died at 32 and, over 20 years later, the memory of his work is etched into the memories of so many.Īs Tom Waits described him: “Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truth sayer, and brain specialist. In a recent post Ok is not ok, I noted that Neil Young said: “It’s better to burn out, than to fade away” and Kurt Cobain included that in his suicide note.
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