People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music thats gonna be unpopular. – Billy Corgan
The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. Thats what critics cant put their finger on. – Billy Corgan
The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, Im really a jock. – Billy Corgan
You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience. – Billy Corgan
Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture of greed and of flagrant social irresponsibility. Now as then, business has shed its collective responsibility for employees – just as government has for its citizens. – Charles Derber