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In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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Billy Burke
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William Patrick Corgan
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The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.
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When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.
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That's the real endeavor: to try to create that direct conduit from the pure consciousness of your creative voice to the person who's a craftsman who can go into the world and consistently deliver new things worth paying attention to.
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When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.
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I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.
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It's about the girlfriend who left me last year. I tried to put all my anger in those words, even though I'm just as much to blame for the break-up. 'Soma' is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security. Very deceivable.
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To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.
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I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.
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All I can go on is my own value system.
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I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.
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To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
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The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.
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