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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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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.
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Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose
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To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
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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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I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder.
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For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.
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If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.
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If you don't have some sort of belief system by which to center your life, it's hard sometimes to understand why you would put up with your family.
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I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.
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