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Song Quotes by Billy Corgan

57 Song quotes by Billy Corgan

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Music is described as a personal belief that can guide a lifelong career, even in small clubs. The quotes stress that music should support living life rather than encourage drug use, and they note that rock mythology often outweighs reality. They also reflect on the limits of moral authority when discussing music and politics.

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I want to make great songs.

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Music is your guide.

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Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

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We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

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Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.

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We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

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The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

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Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.

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Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

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I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

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I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

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Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but…

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A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.

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I don't think people buy records because of anything that happens on Facebook. They buy records cause they're friends say 'I bought…

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I dont think we're the type of band people look at and say, 'I want to grow up to be just like…

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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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We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in…

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The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.

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

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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…

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The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that…

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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…

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In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs…

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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…

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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…

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That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn…

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Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to…

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I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what…

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You give me a @#$%& kazoo and I'll write you a good song.

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The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present.

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The music is all we care about -- so if that's bad, then we're bad.

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It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

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Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.

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Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.

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When you actually like each other, it translates to the music.

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Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

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The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

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The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a…

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If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth.

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It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and…

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To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

Everything about life makes me lonely.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

We were in Japan once where they had 30 kinds of green tea. I thought there was one.

All humans are part male and part female. The other side must be explored to gain complete understanding ofourselves and the world we live…

“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…

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.

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…

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…

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

We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral…

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to…

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…