Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
It's only after their death that people are truly appreciated. It's because they are true to values.
People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.
When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.
They only name things after you when you're dead or really old.
I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.
A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.
What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.
When I'm dead, gone or whatever, people will always remember my name and the music I did during my time.
The last thing I want is to die and then be put into the Hall of Fame. It's not because I won't be there to enjoy it, exactly. It's because I want to enjoy it with family and friends and fans. I want to see them enjoy it.
I wasn't really quite sure where Heath Ledger came from, and I think that's the feeling most people got when they were around him and why he was so extraordinary.
In a hundred years the historian will understand me better.
Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.
An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.
I have seen so many poets who were famous, who won all sorts of prizes, disappear with their death. I write as good as I can and don't try to turn that into some hope for a future that I could never know.
As I'm lying there at my funeral I would hope to hear somebody say, “Look, he's still moving!
Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.
Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.
I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.
I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone.
Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone.
I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death.
