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At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting.

Billy Corgan

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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Billy Burke
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William Patrick Corgan
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For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.
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I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life
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