Billy Corgan quotes - page 6

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times. (Billy Corgan)
I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take. View quote
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I'm not interested in pop art. View quote
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I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that. View quote
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It just doesn't work without the others. View quote
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There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten. View quote
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People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing. View quote
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Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it. View quote
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Soon you won't even have the choice to live or die as you wish! View quote
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I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be. View quote
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I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.' (Billy Corgan)
You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship. View quote
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Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds. View quote
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To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun. View quote
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One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication. View quote
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You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. View quote
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Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook. View quote
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I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am. View quote
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Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a god or gods should pose no threat to you. View quote
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The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills. View quote
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I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass. (Billy Corgan)
Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll. View quote
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I realize I'm a mirror. View quote
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I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore. View quote
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I don't have any sentimental notion about how people are going to remember me. View quote
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