Complex sentence: As a teenager, Cooke spent his nights involved in petty crimes and vandalism; he would later serve 18 months in jail for burning down a church after he was rejected in a choir audition.
Split into simpler sentences: As a teenager, Cooke spent his nights involved in petty crimes and vandalism. Cooke would later serve 18 months in jail for burning down a church after he was rejected in a choir audition.