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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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Radio astronomers are aware in the back of their minds that if there are other civilizations out there in space, it might be the radio astronomers who first pick up the signal.
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I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really hard work, just the performance aspect. I like people who look like they've been together for too long and sound like they've been together too long. I like rock n' roll bands.
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I think I am the most dominant superstar in WWE.
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I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance.
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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.
