Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, producer, television writer, poet, and professional wrestling promoter best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois, in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The band's direction has largely been driven by Corgan through his confessional lyrics, grandiose production values, and virtuosic musical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth17 March 1967
CityElk Grove Village, IL
CountryUnited States of America
There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.
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.
There's nothing more satisfying than going to a market and meeting the person who picked the strawberries, or it's their farm that the strawberries came from, and giving them a fair value in exchange for what they're giving you.
Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.
Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.
You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.
Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.
We've turned into a whining society.
In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.
Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.
I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.
I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far greater importance than the business I seem to be in. Everywhere I go in the world, people ask me about the business that I seem to be in, but I'm not really in that business.
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.