Billy Corgan (William Patrick "Billy" Corgan Jr.) Quotes
I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?
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About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.
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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
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Envy is an insult to oneself.
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The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.
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You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
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When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.
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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
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I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.
