The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present. Billy Corgan More Quotes by Billy Corgan More Quotes From Billy Corgan People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way. Billy Corgan listening people thinking I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out. Billy Corgan addiction people thinking The weird nihilism that permeates Mellon Collie is extremely relevant to what's going on right now. So many kids are intelligent and articulate, but they don't know what to do with themselves. Billy Corgan intelligent nihilism kids My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships. Billy Corgan four mother years I don't have any sentimental notion about how people are going to remember me. Billy Corgan sentimental remember people More than any audience in the world, Americans will cross their arms, stare at you and say, 'OK, whaddya got?' - no matter how many times you've proven it to them. Billy Corgan arms matter world You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship. Billy Corgan great-relationship ready I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry. Billy Corgan musical alive ideas You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience. Billy Corgan audience deals willing When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things. Billy Corgan familiar-things familiar wheels Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice. Billy Corgan rock-and-roll wells rocks To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now. Billy Corgan embrace process feelings There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. Billy Corgan pandemics emergencies shows The things I'm guided to do are really strange to me. Billy Corgan strange The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business. Billy Corgan business home running Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position. Billy Corgan saturn planets return As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field. Billy Corgan organization cities winning Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth. Billy Corgan intellectual reality ideas James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub. Billy Corgan pubs band world I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing. Billy Corgan band looks ideas
