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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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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.
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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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In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.
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I like my home and I like the nature.
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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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I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.
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We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting.
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Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.
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I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like that'. We're like a train wreck.
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I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.
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The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.
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Fur is a contentious issue. Meat is a contentious issue. GMOs are a contentious issue. I think this whole thing going on about whether or not products should be labeled if they have GMOs in them - I, as a consumer, would like to know if I'm eating GMO food. If I choose to buy it then it's my choice.
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Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.
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Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow up, they don't want you to change, they don't want you to evolve.
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I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be.
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It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound. And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking.
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My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
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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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In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.
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Once a pumpkin, Always a pumpkin.
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