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Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.

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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