He had a reputation for living fast, and the reputation was well deserved but dated.
The goal of the psychobilly scene member is to "live fast, die young, and leave a (not so) beautiful corpse."
This group lived by the dictum: "Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse."
I've always had the sense that I'd better live fast, if I'm to fit it all in.
A stressed renaissance, then, living fast, on the edge, a manic golden age: the Accelerando.
Yet in living fast, they also die young.
Milo lived fast, died middle-aged and left a worn-out corpse.
But the soul lives fast, and Israel lived a lifetime in that moment.