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To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

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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We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.
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When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.
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I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.
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The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present.
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