Billy Corgan Zitate auf Englisch

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I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

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.

Billy Corgan

There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.

Billy Corgan

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

Billy Corgan

I tend to be reactionary.

Billy Corgan

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

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Billy Corgan

I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.

Billy Corgan

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

Billy Corgan

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.

Billy Corgan

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

Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus.

Billy Corgan

I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

Billy Corgan

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

Billy Corgan

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

Billy Corgan

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

Billy Corgan

I've never had coffee. I've always hated the smell. It was always tea. I was a pretty typical kid, though. I grew up drinking Lipton. I didn't know there was other tea to drink.

Billy Corgan

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

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

Billy Corgan

I don't have any sentimental notion about how people are going to remember me.

Billy Corgan

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.

Billy Corgan

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.

Billy Corgan

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

Billy Corgan

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

Billy Corgan

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

Billy Corgan

If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.

Billy Corgan

I realize I'm a mirror.

Billy Corgan

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

I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants.

Billy Corgan

I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be.

Billy Corgan

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

Billy Corgan

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

I think rock & roll has prepared me for a lot of flexibility.

Billy Corgan

I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.

Billy Corgan

If I worried about appearances, I wouldn't be at Cubs games.

Billy Corgan

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

Billy Corgan

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

Billy Corgan