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William Patrick Corgan (born March 17, 1967), most commonly known as Billy Corgan, is an American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his work in the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins.
United States Guitarists Singer-songwriters Songwriters Also known as: Corgan, Billy
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Life is everything and nothing all at once.
This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world.
I don't necessarily believe that the sting of failure is a bad thing. It gives you a certain amount of freedom to just say fuck it!
I’m trying to figure out how to take the instrument and have it still sound like a guitar, but put you in a different universe.
For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.
The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too.
People always called The Cure gloomy, but listening to The Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.
We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
‘What happened when alternative music came out was authentic. It was a reflection of what was happening at the time and it had to do with authenticity. This is the reflection of the authenticity now. We’re in the reflection of it.
I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
Music is 99% of my life. But I know I need a break. Besides, if you give people too much, they start to not want it. We need to restrain ourselves.
My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children.
Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.
I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens.
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