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Gish was the best representation of where we were at the time.

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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
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What has gone on in my childhood, and the personal problems that we've had in the band, have given a lot of people hope. (It shows) if you keep your nose pointed straight you can actually get somewhere -- to a happy place.
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I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.
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People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.
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Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.
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As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.
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Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.
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To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
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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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In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.
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The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.
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