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Billy Corgan Quotes: "If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?"

If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?



Billy Corgan Quotes: "The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on."

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.




Billy Corgan Quotes: "I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan."

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



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there."

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.




Billy Corgan Quotes: "Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre."

Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs."

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position."

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




Billy Corgan Quotes: "Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?"

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection."

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll."

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love."

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'"

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'




Billy Corgan Quotes: "We've turned into a whining society."

We've turned into a whining society.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence."

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Once a pumpkin, Always a pumpkin."

Once a pumpkin, Always a pumpkin.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present."

Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Why is it that all non-conformists look the same?"

Why is it that all non-conformists look the same?



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensible for my own good."

I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensible for my own good.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Been there, done that, seen it, heard it, pissed on it."

Been there, done that, seen it, heard it, pissed on it.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand."

Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car."

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose"

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature."

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



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Most great records really start with the drums."

Most great records really start with the drums.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular."

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time."

We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants."

I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be."

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear."

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that."

Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds."

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band."

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock."

The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a God or Gods should pose no threat to you."

Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a God or Gods should pose no threat to you.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right."

For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity."

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do."

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "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."

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.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too."

The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice."

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "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'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.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity."

I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that."

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left."

Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself."

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



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one."

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28."

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons."

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.



Billy Corgan Quotes: "Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel."

Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel.