I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system. Billy Corgan More Quotes by Billy Corgan More Quotes From Billy Corgan Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth. Billy Corgan wellscertainmouths I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensible for my own good. Billy Corgan inabilityour-actionsway When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment. Billy Corgan choicesheartpeople We are the most beloved and hated band in the world. Billy Corgan belovedbandworld We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down. Billy Corgan doetryingpeople I hate how in magazine pictures, they always stick me somewhere in the back. It means they don't think I'm the cute one. Billy Corgan hatecutemean The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band. Billy Corgan playsongthinking I've always believed that we could reach past genre -- we didn't ride the grunge coat-tails; we've always been on our terms. Billy Corgan coatstailspast We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best. Billy Corgan worstbandamerica As a 28 year old who's lived long enough to know the difference, I know now that the feelings I felt an 16 were not necessarily correct. But however overly dramatic, the desperation and hopelessness I felt at 16 was my reality. Billy Corgan differencesrealityyears Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow up, they don't want you to change, they don't want you to evolve. Billy Corgan growing-upwantpeople Stay in school. Lie to your teachers, but stay in school. Billy Corgan teacherlyingschool 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 fightingresponsibilityattitude I work differently than most people. Billy Corgan people I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college. Billy Corgan collegeideasthinking All I can go on is my own value system. Billy Corgan value-systemsmy-owngoes-on If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice? Billy Corgan rhetorical-questionpracticeperfect What has gone on in my childhood, and the personal problems that we've had in the band, have given a lot of people hope. (It shows) if you keep your nose pointed straight you can actually get somewhere -- to a happy place. Billy Corgan childhoodgonepeople That was a terrible Super Bowl, I have to say. I mean you got the big Peyton Manning walk off into the sunset win, but what a shnoozo. Billy Corgan sunsetwinningmean This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world. Billy Corgan reactionsnegativeworld
