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

Billy Corgan Quotes

American - Musician Born: March 17, 1967

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

Love, Deep, Grow

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

Pose, Idea, Gods

You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. Billy Corgan

Death, Rising, Obsessed

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

Moving On, Think, I Think

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

Cool, Trying, Person

I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore. Billy Corgan

Character, Play, Cartoon

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

Original, Planets, Saturn

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

Nature, Think, I Think

It's important for people to talk and get beyond the wall of Facebook and social media. Billy Corgan

Important, Get, Social

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

Rock And Roll, Rock, Based

Top 10
Billy Corgan
Quotes

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

Doing, Wheel, Reinvent

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience. Billy Corgan

Music, Audience, Deal

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

Trust, Behind, Through

I don't think people are fans of me because I wrote hit songs. I think they're fans because I'm a lunatic or a weirdo. The hit songs came out of my idiosyncratic personality, not the other way around. Billy Corgan

Think, Other, I Think

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you. Billy Corgan

Love, Emotion, Sticks

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

Long Time, Need, Level

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

Compliments, Some, Based

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness. Billy Corgan

Calm, Debate, Effectiveness

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

My Life, Other, Discovering

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

Mouth, Big, Anybody

I started thinking that if post modernism is about people opening up all their skeletons, I'm going the other way. I don't want anyone knowing anything about me anymore. Billy Corgan

Other, Going, Skeletons

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field. Billy Corgan

Citizen, Been, Putting

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

Here, Indie, Still

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

Left, Last, Rebellious

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight. Billy Corgan

Big, Through, Been

We've turned into a whining society. Billy Corgan

Society, Whining, Turned

Loading...

Load more quotes

Related Authors

BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote Of The Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

BQ on Instagram

Apps

iPhone/iPad app

Quote Of The Day Feeds

Javascript and RSS feeds

WordPress plugin

Quote of the Day Email

About

Copyright © 2001 - 2018 BrainyQuote

Language: Español | Français

Please disable your ad blocker

OK