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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. (Billy Corgan)
All I can go on is my own value system. View quote
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I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it. View quote
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I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility. View quote
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I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me. View quote
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It's important for people to talk and get beyond the wall of Facebook and social media. View quote
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I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you. View quote
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I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death. View quote
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I like my home and I like the nature. View quote
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It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play. View quote
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I went to see a shaman. He put his hands on me, and I cried like a baby for an hour. (Billy Corgan)
You have to keep adapting to the times. If you kind of go with it, it can kind of fun. View quote
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Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people. View quote
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I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking. View quote
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I don't think people are fans of me because I wrote hit songs. I think they're fans because I'm a lunatic or a weirdo. The hit songs came out of my idiosyncratic personality, not the other way around. View quote
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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. View quote
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You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience. View quote
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Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands. View quote
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I work differently than most people. View quote
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More than any audience in the world, Americans will cross their arms, stare at you and say, 'OK, whaddya got?' - no matter how many times you've proven it to them. View quote
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I think when I listen to old records, it puts me back in the atmosphere of what it felt like to make the record and who was there and what the room looked like. It's more a sensory memory. (Billy Corgan)
I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. View quote
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Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo. View quote
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My step-mom would tell me that she would get complaints from adults that I stared too much at them. View quote
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If I worried about appearances, I wouldn't be at Cubs games. View quote
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Billy Corgan

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 17, 1967
Quotes count: 157
Wikipedia: Billy Corgan

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