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Billy Corgan
March 17, 1967 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.

   

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

   

I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.

   

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

   

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 realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.

   

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

   

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

   

It just doesn't work without the others.

   

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

   

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

   

I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.

   

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

   

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

   

I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.

   

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

   

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

   

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

   

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

   

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

   

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

   

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