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Billy Corgan

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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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You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.
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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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Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.
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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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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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Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.
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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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Beware of those angels with their wings glued on.
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If the next record is no better than Gish, then we've failed.
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I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.
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We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority to tell people how to vote or what to do with their bodies. We are just a rock band.
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I work differently than most people.
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Everybody I'm working with now is a friend. And I would be very, very remiss to work with anybody in the future who has not shown me who they really are.
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Destruction is a true sign of devotion. As I always tell my girlfriend when she threatens to kill me. 'You should kill me and it would tell me that you love me.
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This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world.
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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.
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Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a God or Gods should pose no threat to you.
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To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.
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