I often have deer on my property and there’s a fox and owls. You’re not going to see that in the city. – Billy Corgan
People try to make a big deal, like I don’t want to play my old songs. That’s not it. I don’t want to play my old songs if that’s my only option. That’s a different thing. – Billy Corgan
Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight. – Billy Corgan
There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. – Billy Corgan
My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. – Billy Corgan
I’m very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we’ve kind of lost our moral compass. – Billy Corgan
I’ve seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that’s hard for me to take. – Billy Corgan
My step-mom would tell me that she would get complaints from adults that I stared too much at them. – Billy Corgan
These days you’re not just competing with the tedium, you’re competing with the cellphone. – Billy Corgan
I didn’t grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done. – Billy Corgan
I’m prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I’m playing music that I believe in. – Billy Corgan
A good artist is willing to die many times over. What’s funny is, I’ve died so many times. – 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
I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear. – 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
I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it. – Billy Corgan
