American - Musician | March 17, 1967 -
Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.
Billy Corgan
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I mean my point as an artist is I'm on my own little weird journey across the sky here and whether or not anybody's listening, or listening to the degree I would like them to, at the end of the day has to be an inconsequential thing because I can't chase this culture.
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All I can go on is my own value system.
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In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
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I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.
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I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.
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I'm a really honest person.
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Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.
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I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.
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Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.
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I want people to see me happy.
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A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.
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