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Billy Corgan
American
Musician
Born:
Mar 17
,
1967
About
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands.
Billy Corgan
Better
Think
Would
Like
Bands
Personally
Jesus
Hey, Christian rock, if you want to be good, stop copying U2. U2 already did it. You know what I mean? There's a lot of U2-esque Christian rock.
Billy Corgan
Good
You
Christian
Hey
Know
Rock
Lot
Did
Stop
Want
Mean
Copying
I just don't want to live in the past. I'm really disappointed by so many people of my generation who - in order to promote their new work, they have to constantly lean on their past. I don't want to be that type of artist... I see a lot of people out here doing really marginal music.
Billy Corgan
Work
Music
Generation
People
Past
Live
Type
Out
Out Here
Promote
Constantly
See
My Generation
Disappointed
New
Lean
Doing
Lot
Artist
So Many People
Just
Order
Want
In The Past
Really
Who
Many
Marginal
Here
If I worried about appearances, I wouldn't be at Cubs games.
Billy Corgan
Worried
About
Cubs
Games
Appearances
Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.
Billy Corgan
Nothing
About
Ashamed
Injuries
I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music.
Billy Corgan
Music
God
Think
Most
Territory
Rock
Rock And Roll
Roll
Unexplored
I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.
Billy Corgan
Love
You
Kind
No Love
Emotion
House
Sticks
Up
Grew
Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.
Billy Corgan
God
Nature
Culture
Cats
Internet
Think
About
Talk
Material
Person
Wants
Your
Basic
I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.
Billy Corgan
You
Chemistry
Band
Musical
String
Input
Musical Ideas
Alive
Direct
Come
Underestimate
Ideas
Make
Still
Riffs
Need
Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.
Billy Corgan
Return
Just
Planets
Your
Original
Saturn
Position
I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done.
Billy Corgan
Mother
Losing
Latent
Some
Unresolved
Like
She
Sort
Real
Issue
Left
Up
Done
Childhood
Grow
Grow Up
Her
If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.
Billy Corgan
Me
Fear
Sign
Something
Wrong
Means
Resistance
We've turned into a whining society.
Billy Corgan
Society
Whining
Turned
When you actually like each other, it translates to the music.
Billy Corgan
Music
You
Other
Like
Each
Actually
I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.
Billy Corgan
Great
Guitar
Thought
Guitar Player
Embodiment
Perfect
Alternative
Always
Kurt
Kurt Cobain
Player
I have a saying, which is, 'Crazy is good for business.' I think rock and roll really is about being a bit crazy.
Billy Corgan
Saying
Good
Crazy
Business
Think
Bit
About
Rock
Rock And Roll
Roll
Being
Which
Really
I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.
Billy Corgan
Never
Smashing
Leave
Wanted
Plan
You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.
Billy Corgan
You
Will
Stage
Unless
Way
Would
See
Tour
Never
Hall
Fame
Fame Thing
Again
Much
Original
Ever
Thing
Four
Damage
My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
Billy Corgan
World
Big
Would
About
More
Merchandise
Cubs
Cover
Line
Off
Sell
Than
Pat
Payroll
Series
Amount
World Series
Championship
I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.
Billy Corgan
Church
Foot
Until
Another
Walked
Going
Away
Set
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.
Billy Corgan
God
Myself
Vision
Light
Negative
Focus
Half
White
Christian
Think
Other
Easier
Picking
Call
Sort
Up
Which
Younger
Body
Now
Raised
I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.
Billy Corgan
Me
Band
Nothing
Changes
Everybody
Definitely
Responsible
Seed
Some
Come
Ideas
Looks
Coming
Up
Very
Productive
Chord
Basic
In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.
Billy Corgan
Beginning
Other
Else
Side
Everyone
Though
Out
Admit
About
Through
Wrong
Prove
Came
Did
Want
Anyone
Anyone Else
After
In The Beginning
Process
Chip
Shoulder
I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.
Billy Corgan
Character
You
Crippled
Take
Weird
Got
Viewed
Your
The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.
Billy Corgan
Funny
Me
Heart
People
Funny Thing
Jock
About
Never
Most
Understand
Really
Thing
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