Billy Corgan Quotes - Page 7

I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.

I realize I'm a mirror.

It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and all those old things are totally losing importance.

I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it.

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.

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

I want to make great songs.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it.

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

And the world so hard to understand is the world you can't live without.

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.

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

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

Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

I'm not interested in pop art.

I went to see a shaman. He put his hands on me, and I cried like a baby for an hour.

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.

We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life.

I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore.

I do not think wrestling is going to save the world.

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

I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.