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Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.
Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.
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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 did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business.
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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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Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.
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I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.
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I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance.
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What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.
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I usually wake up far after breakfast. That's as much as you're going to find out about my dietary requirements other than marijuana and vodka.
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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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Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.
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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.
Billy Corgan
People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.
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My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.
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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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The weird nihilism that permeates Mellon Collie is extremely relevant to what's going on right now. So many kids are intelligent and articulate, but they don't know what to do with themselves.
Billy Corgan
We love cats more than we love women [with Marilyn Manson].
Billy Corgan
Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.
Billy Corgan
These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.
Billy Corgan
Every year that goes by, I lose that much more motivation to play rock.
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