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And the world so hard to understand is the world you can't live without.

Billy Corgan

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