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
Usually the intention of the artistic effect is too sophisticated for most people to understand, sort of like a joke that they don't get so they don't think it's funny.
I realize I'm a mirror.
I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.
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.
I went to see a shaman. He put his hands on me, and I cried like a baby for an hour.
I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.
You give me a @#$%& kazoo and I'll write you a good song.
I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore.
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect.
I do not think wrestling is going to save the world.
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 from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants.
I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor.