<P> "Hey Hey, My My's" most memorable influence on modern rock comes from the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away" (actually only spoken in full in the acoustic "My My, Hey Hey" and the Human Highway film recording). Kurt Cobain's suicide note ended with the same line, shaking Young and inadvertently cementing his place as the so - called "Godfather of Grunge". </P> <P> Ex-Beatle John Lennon commented on the message of the song in a 1980 interview with David Sheff from Playboy: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Sheff: You disagree with Neil Young's lyric in Rust Never Sleeps: "It's better to burn out than to fade away ..." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Sheff: You disagree with Neil Young's lyric in Rust Never Sleeps: "It's better to burn out than to fade away ..." </Dd>

Who said its better to burn out than fade away