“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
“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.”
SuccessAll Quotes by Billy Corgan
“I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity.”
Death“Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.”
Nature“Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.”
Peace“I'm from a lower middle class background all my family were immigrants.”
Family“I'm not interested in pop art.”
Art“I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.”
Car“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.”
Hope“There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.”
Technology“People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.”
Music“We've turned into a whining society.”
Society“I like my home and I like the nature.”
Home“A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.”
Funny“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.”
Movingon“Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.”
Strength“You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.”
Great“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“In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.”
Music“If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.”
Fear“To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.”
Music