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I want to make great songs.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Billy Burke
Corgan
Johnny Goat
William Patrick Corgan
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I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails we've always been on our terms.
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There's nothing more satisfying than going to a market and meeting the person who picked the strawberries, or it's their farm that the strawberries came from, and giving them a fair value in exchange for what they're giving you.
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The difficulty, if you're in the world - and this is for anybody - is the eventual disappointment that comes with having to meet other versions of reality. Imposed systems that ask you to compromise or sacrifice things which you consider holy or sacred.
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In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.
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I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music.
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You have to keep adapting to the times. If you kind of go with it, it can kind of fun.
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We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.
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I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.
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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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We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority to tell people how to vote or what to do with their bodies. We are just a rock band.
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That's at the root of the human interaction: fair trade.
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Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.
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The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.
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In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.
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I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.
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Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.
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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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I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder.
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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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What has gone on in my childhood, and the personal problems that we've had in the band, have given a lot of people hope. (It shows) if you keep your nose pointed straight you can actually get somewhere -- to a happy place.
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