Quotes by Rocks We had a wonderful time with this kind of grunge awareness, where suddenly rock was cool again. People wanted to head loud guitars. It was a great time, and I'm glad we were there. But the gimmick part has worn off. Billy Corgan rocksguitarpeople You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected our own demise. Billy Corgan rockseyelong I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan rocksstarsthinking When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good. Billy Corgan rockswhitecute We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority to tell people how to vote or what to do with their bodies. We are just a rock band. Billy Corgan rockseyeheart 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 rock-and-rolllive-liferocks The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills. Billy Corgan rocksfightingmen I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music. Billy Corgan rock-and-rollrocksthinking Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook. Billy Corgan rocksguitarplay I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility. Billy Corgan preparedrocksthinking Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it. Billy Corgan rocksplay Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand. Billy Corgan volcanoesrocksenergy Every year that goes by, I lose that much more motivation to play rock. Billy Corgan rocksmotivationyears Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice. Billy Corgan rock-and-rollwellsrocks I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill. Billy Corgan rockslevelsmean Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo. Billy Corgan mojomainstream-culturerocks Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job Billy Corgan rocksbandjobs If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth. Billy Corgan punkrecordsrocks I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community! Billy Corgan indie-rockrocksrunning The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too. Billy Corgan rock-and-rollrocksthinking«1415161718192021222324»
