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You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again.

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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