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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
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Billy Burke
Corgan
Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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Trying
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Drag
Labels
Hang
Doe

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