Who said its better to burn out than fade away?
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Who sang its better to burn out than fade away?
Neil Young
The line, "it's better to burn out than to fade away," became infamous after being quoted in Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide note. Young later said that he was so shaken that he dedicated his 1994 album "Sleeps with Angels" to Cobain.
Who said its better to burn out than fade away in their suicide note?
Cobain Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
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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.
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
"My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" is a song by Canadian musician Neil Young. An acoustic song, it was recorded live in early 1978 at the Boarding House in San Francisco, California. Combined with its hard rock counterpart "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)", it bookends Young's 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps.
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
The line, "it's better to burn out than to fade away," is a lyric featured in Neil Young's 1979 acoustic song My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue). It was taken from a song Young's bandmate Jeff Blackburn performed with The Ducks. The line later became infamous after being quoted in Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's suicide note. Young later said that he was so shaken that he dedicated his 1994 album "Sleeps with Angels" to Cobain.