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If the next record is no better than Gish, then we've failed.

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
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Billy Burke
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William Patrick Corgan
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To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
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I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens.
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I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.
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I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, Why are you being calculated? Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect.
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Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?
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Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.
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The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.
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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've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.
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It's about the girlfriend who left me last year. I tried to put all my anger in those words, even though I'm just as much to blame for the break-up. 'Soma' is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security. Very deceivable.
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Most great records really start with the drums.
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I like my home and I like the nature.
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I don't think '90s music was as significant as '60s music in terms of changing the world, but it was significant, and I think it was similarly disillusioning when you realize the mainstream just views it as like a curiosity.
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We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life.
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Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose
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Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.
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It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and all those old things are totally losing importance.
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Live simply make compassionate choices when it comes to food.
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James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.
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