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When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Billy Burke
Corgan
Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs that would change the course of our lives forever. 'Siamese Dream' represents all of our dreams coming true, while the dreams of a happy band fell apart.
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In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.
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I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.
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I like my home and I like the nature.
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I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.
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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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That was a terrible Super Bowl, I have to say. I mean you got the big Peyton Manning walk off into the sunset win, but what a shnoozo.
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I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails we've always been on our terms.
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My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.
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There's nothing more satisfying than going to a market and meeting the person who picked the strawberries, or it's their farm that the strawberries came from, and giving them a fair value in exchange for what they're giving you.
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You give me a @#$%& kazoo and I'll write you a good song.
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I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.
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