Billy Corgan Quotes

American - Musician Born: March 17, 1967

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

Nature, Journey, Moving On, Spiritual

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

Strength, Thought, Drive, Calm, Debate

Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about. Billy Corgan

Injuries, Nothing, Ashamed, About

Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll. Billy Corgan

People, Posing, Rock And Roll, Rock

You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have any money, so they see social media as the free marketing... So... 'Billy, light yourself on fire and stand upside down, and that'll market the record.' Billy Corgan

Light, Fire, Yourself, Social Media, You

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone. Billy Corgan

You, Days, Just, Competing, Tedium

I realize I'm a mirror. Billy Corgan

Mirror, Realize

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

Rock And Roll, Rock, Well, Roll, Based

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

Love, You, House, No Love, Emotion, Kind

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. Billy Corgan

Emergency, Something, Show, Mighty

Top 10
Billy Corgan
Quotes

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God. Billy Corgan

God, Relationship, Me, Spiritual, You

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, Good, Light, Hope, Tree, Deep

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

Personality, Me, People, Think, Way, Out

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

Criticism, Some, Compliments, Form

I have a saying, which is, 'Crazy is good for business.' I think rock and roll really is about being a bit crazy. Billy Corgan

Good, Business, Crazy, Think, Saying

I was part of a generation that changed the world, and it was taken over by posers. Billy Corgan

World, Generation, Over, Part, Changed

I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city. Billy Corgan

City, You, See, Fox, Property, Deer

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

Your, Position, Just, Return, Planets

My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships. Billy Corgan

Mother, Present, Company, Relationships

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

Music, More, Than, Finger, Ideology, Put

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

Funny, Heart, Me, People, Understand

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub. Billy Corgan

Best, World, Saying, You, Bad, Situation

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

Nature, God, Culture, Cats, Internet

We've turned into a whining society. Billy Corgan

Society, Whining, Turned

People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing. Billy Corgan

People, Play, Try, Want, Only, Big

I'm not interested in pop art. Billy Corgan

Art, Not Interested, Pop, Interested

Loading...

Load more quotes

Related Authors

Michael Jackson

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 - 2019 BrainyQuote

Language: Español | Français

Please disable your ad blocker

OK