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Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Billy Burke
Corgan
Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
Injury
Ashamed
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Injuries

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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 did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business.
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I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.
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My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.
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If the next record is no better than Gish, then we've failed.
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I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.
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I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.
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We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority to tell people how to vote or what to do with their bodies. We are just a rock band.
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The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.
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