It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

Things that burn very brightly, we wonder how long they can keep burning.

The entertainment industry and my place in it is a place where you burn brightly for as long as you can.

I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions.

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.