Billy corgan

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

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.

I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear.

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...

Most great records really start with the drums.