William Patrick Corgan Jr. Quotes

• Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in the cage.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Life

• I’ve always been spiritual but I’ve never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It’s hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want… and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in God, Spirituality

  Tags in Relationship

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in God

  Tags in Christian

• My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let’s all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I’m not that kind of guy. It’s an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it’s not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Living, Jesus, Jesus Christ

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Situation, Bad

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Beginning, Process

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

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Resistance

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Musical, Idea, Ideas

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Responsible, Idea, Ideas, Productive

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

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Character

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Mother

  Tags in Grow Up, Like

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

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Like, Car

• The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I’m discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that’s a good place to be.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Life

  Tags in People, Deeper

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

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Age

  Tags in Church

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

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Never

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Difference

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Citizen, Chicago, Game

• 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.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Economy

  Tags in Payroll

• You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it’s a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There’s so much damage, there’s no way.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fame, Damage

• I was brought up Roman Catholic. I’m not even baptized.

  William Patrick Corgan Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Brought

William Patrick Corgan Jr. (29)

Birth:	17th March, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Poet, Record Producer, Singer, Writer

About

Billy Corgan is an American musician, producer, lyricist, writer, and poet, best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois, in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The band's direction has largely been driven by Corgan through his confessional lyrics, grandiose production values, and virtuosic musical interplay, notably with Chamberlin.

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