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I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.
Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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Billy Burke
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William Patrick Corgan
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If I had spent fourteen months in a small room with Jesus, I'd want to fist fight with him.
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I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.
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At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting.
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I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.
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