Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I don't think people buy records because of anything that happens on Facebook. They buy records cause they're friends say 'I bought… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So,… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
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… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
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… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
We were in Japan once where they had 30 kinds of green tea. I thought there was one. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
All humans are part male and part female. The other side must be explored to gain complete understanding ofourselves and the world we live… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“I used to be a little boy So old in my shoes And what i choose is my choice What's a boy supposed to… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Everybody can close their eyes, picture a dream house or a perfect place [where] they'd like to have a picnic. But actually creating it… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
That was a terrible Super Bowl, I have to say. I mean you got the big Peyton Manning walk off into the sunset win,… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
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