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Everybody can close their eyes, picture a dream house or a perfect place [where] they'd like to have a picnic. But actually creating it - how do you create something from nothing? Anyone who's creative understands that that's the magic, that's the alchemy.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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