His estranged guitarist, songwriting partner and soulmate since childhood, had succumbed to cocaine, aloof behaviour and rampant egomania. |
The band signed a massive deal, spent aeons in the studio and fell apart amid talk of egomania. |
It is not so much that Neil's blend of chippiness and egomania has abated, but that it has simply found its perfect outlet. |
He may be insecure, but his insecurity expresses itself not in egomania or depression, but in a garrulous, love-me-do amiability. |
A reputation of jealousy, rage and egomania had made him the man he was today, and that was something he had come to regret. |
His motivation can certainly not be solely attributed to financial reward and egomania. |