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I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
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Billy Burke
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William Patrick Corgan
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