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I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

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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I'm from a lower middle class background all my family were immigrants.
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For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.
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These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.
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In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.
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I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.
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I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.
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I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder.
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The weird nihilism that permeates Mellon Collie is extremely relevant to what's going on right now. So many kids are intelligent and articulate, but they don't know what to do with themselves.
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Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.
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As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.
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If I had spent fourteen months in a small room with Jesus, I'd want to fist fight with him.
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The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.
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If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?
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I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.
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To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.
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