You can drive you life in two ways, maybe even more but I am not talking about style of driving, I mean result.
We all have the same destination which is... death, so you can drive your life to the limits and simply get there faster or you can take your time and relax to make your road longer and more pleasant.
James Dean or Robert Redford? Doesn't matter as long as you know what you're doing. They were both great actors and had both good lives but only one of them became a legend. Is early death what we should be looking for then? No, because what we are really looking for, is life. Life which has a meaning not only to us but also for those who are around us.
Even we think we live only for ourselves the truth is that we live for others. When you are a performer you live for your audience. When you are a star you live for your fame and fans. When you are a parent you live for your children and when you don't have a family you live for your friends. What about when you have nobody to live for... you slowly loose your sense od life.
There are rebels and individuals who say they don't care what others say and they really don't. They don't give a crap if anybody here and now will appreciate their hard work, their art or any other creation. What they care for is to become unforgetable. That is what they live for as we all live for somebody. So rebels live for the stars, so they could shine after they're gone...