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Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.
Billy Corgan
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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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That's at the root of the human interaction: fair trade.
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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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