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This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Billy Burke
Corgan
Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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