Quotes by Billy Corgan

“IntoxicatedWith the madnessI'm in love withMy sadnessBullshit beggars, enchanted kingdomFashion victims through their charcoaled teeth”

“Despite all my rageI am still just a rat in the cage.”

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

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

“One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.”

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

“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.”

“Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.”

“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 s...”

“I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear.”

“Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.”

“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...”

“I like my home and I like the nature.”

“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...”

“Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.”

“I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. ...”

“It's about the girlfriend who left me last year. I tried to put all my anger in those words, even though I'm just as much to blame for the break-up. 'Soma' is based on the idea that a love relation...”

“...Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of people feel a deeper connection with our band t...”

“There's a really a cold, cold side to my personality that I'm not really comfortable with. I'm constantly dealing with that side of my personality versus my overly sentimental side… There's just a ...”

“About six months ago, I listened to Siamese Dream. That was the first time I'd ever really heard my own album, because I had separated from the experience of making the record. And it really moved ...”