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It was shocking to see Nirvan...

It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

The reason I don't play any o...

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

I know how stupid people can ...

I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

As far as a theoretical point...

As far as a theoretical point of view for my generation, I'm probably the most successful theoretician. I mean, double albums and concepts and dresses and major disasters and wonderful successes and yet you don't see the critical review of my work. Why? Because it's all focused on the persona. Billy Corgan. But I get to sort of jump in and be Billy Corgan. But then I get to sort of jump back out and be like, sensitive man in the corner.

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That was a terrible Super Bow...

That was a terrible Super Bowl, I have to say. I mean you got the big Peyton Manning walk off into the sunset win, but what a shnoozo.

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Not let the child run the cir...

Not let the child run the circus, just have that child be the source of the creative voice.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

When alternative music - whic...

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

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I really think it's a white, ...

I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college.

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Live simply; make compassiona...

Live simply; make compassionate choices when it comes to food.

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Fur is a contentious issue. M...

Fur is a contentious issue. Meat is a contentious issue. GMOs are a contentious issue. I think this whole thing going on about whether or not products should be labeled if they have GMOs in them - I, as a consumer, would like to know if I'm eating GMO food. If I choose to buy it then it's my choice.

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When you present people with ...

When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

Being overly identified with ...

Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow up, they don't want you to change, they don't want you to evolve.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

In a weird kind of way, music...

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

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Most people don't know that w...

Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus.

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There's nothing wrong with te...

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

I don't think people are fans...

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.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

I think long and hard about w...

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

A good artist is willing to d...

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

My mother and I parting compa...

My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

These days you're not just co...

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

Billy Corgan 340 quotes

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