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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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I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.
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We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.
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