Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guards concept of what success is but it doesnt mean anything. – Billy Corgan
A good artist is willing to die many times over. Whats funny is, Ive died so many times. – Billy Corgan
People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music thats gonna be unpopular. – Billy Corgan
You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, thats the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. Thats the American story, again and again. – Billy Corgan
When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are What are you doing now? and How are you going to beat that? And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly – that youre in battle against yourself. – Elizabeth Gilbert