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 More Quotes by Billy Corgan More Quotes From Billy Corgan It's important for people to talk and get beyond the wall of Facebook and social media. Billy Corgan wall media people The mythology in rock n' roll is that I'm a bit of a loose cannon. Yet I've produced more music than anybody in my generation. So how much of a loose cannon am I? But the general public believes that I'm a loose cannon, so let them believe it. I'm not going to correct them. Billy Corgan rocks generations believe At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting. Billy Corgan guilty too-much thinking I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor. Billy Corgan creative artist self I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan done knowing self Usually the intention of the artistic effect is too sophisticated for most people to understand, sort of like a joke that they don't get so they don't think it's funny. Billy Corgan artistic people thinking That's the great thing about rock n' roll: the myth is ultimately more important than the reality. And that's what you learn - you just learn to go with the mythology. Billy Corgan rocks important reality I think it would be very interesting to see that many people would probably be okay with paying more for services and goods that they felt were more holistically [generated]. Which means the death of the old system which rewarded people for taking advantage of one another. Billy Corgan mean people thinking That's the age that people are exploited, exploitable, and they're easily manipulated. The problem with me is, you can't manipulate me anymore. I've seen it, I know it, I've been there. And that's partially why, particularly in America, you see issues with artists as they get older. And they like to keep it a young man's game. Because that's how they can fudge around with the rules. Billy Corgan issues artist men I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance. Billy Corgan simple stupid people It makes me crazy to think that somebody might attack my city or any other city. Billy Corgan crazy cities thinking It's wonderful to read interviews by old blues guys - they talk about all their influences, they talk about who taught them how to play, and who they saw, and how they were determined to play that way. Billy Corgan guy play way It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking. Billy Corgan guitar guy play Everybody I'm working with now is a friend. And I would be very, very remiss to work with anybody in the future who has not shown me who they really are. Billy Corgan would-be I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past. Billy Corgan my-past want past I think humankind is going to have to evolve into systems that are more transparent. Then people will be able to make more integral choices about the food they eat. Billy Corgan choices people thinking Fur is a contentious issue. Meat is a contentious issue. GMOs are a contentious issue. I think this whole thing going on about whether or not products should be labeled if they have GMOs in them - I, as a consumer, would like to know if I'm eating GMO food. If I choose to buy it then it's my choice. Billy Corgan gmo-foods gmos thinking Everybody likes to run around on their phones, including me, but we don't always want to hear who's sweating somewhere in some non-air-conditioned factory to create those things so that they can keep the prices down. Billy Corgan phones air running When you actually like each other, it translates to the music. Billy Corgan other like you music
