Brief Brilliance Quotes

Better a life like a falling star, brief bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise.

I'm a flash in the pan: a novelty.

Sometimes artists die young, and we don't know exactly why. I think that, in life, you have these special individuals, whether it's Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin or Kurt Cobain. They're on this journey - they're on this earth to change things, to make things incredible - and then they're not with us anymore.

I'd rather be a flash than a slowly burning ember.

So quick bright things come to confusion.​​​​​​

I'd rather be a shooting star than a fading star.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.