Billy Corgan Quotes

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Billy Corgan

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 17, 1967

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

Billy Corgan

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

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I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.

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Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.

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We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.

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One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

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For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

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You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.

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James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

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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.

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There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

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I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear.

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The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

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The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.

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It just doesn't work without the others.

Billy Corgan

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

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I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.

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My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

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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.

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Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.

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