“In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.”
Family
“Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.”
PeaceAll Quotes by Billy Corgan
“Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.”
Peace“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.”
Music“I did 13-something years of talking to wrestlers and promoters about why they did certain things and why they booked matches a certain way and what they were thinking and whether they were satisfied with the draw. And I got a lot of insight in the business.”
Business“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.”
Attitude“I'm from a lower middle class background all my family were immigrants.”
Family“In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.”
Music“One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.”
Communication“You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.”
Great“The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.”
Business“I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.”
Music“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.”
Death“There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.”
Cool“I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.”
Car“There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.”
Technology“Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.”
Trust“I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear.”
Fear“I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.”
Death“For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.”
Success“You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.”
Music