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We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down.

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
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Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.
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I've become a guy who's like a complaining, whining neurotic.
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I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.
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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.
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I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.
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