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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.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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Billy Burke
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Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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Like any form of death, at some point you just have to get up and say yeah I'll take it, whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen and sorta chop your head off. It's easy to avoid all that...there's always another moment, another girl, another high, another drug, there's always something to distract you.
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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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Not let the child run the circus, just have that child be the source of the creative voice.
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Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.
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