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Quote by Billy Corgan

“I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.”

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Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan, born on March 17, 1967, is an American musician, songwriter, and music producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the band Smashing Pumpkins, which achieved significant success in the mid-1990s. Corgan is renowned for his unique musical style and profound lyrics, which have had a profound impact on modern rock music. more

“If you're really going to uncover something as an artist, you're going to come into access with parts of your personality and your psyche that are really uncomfortable to face: your own ambition, your own greed, your own avarice, your own jealousies, and anything that would get in the way of the purity of your own artistic voice.”

Ifs Way Faces Artist Voice Personality Ambition Greed Access Artistic Uncomfortable Purity Avarice

Author:Billy Corgan

“That's the real endeavor: to try to create that direct conduit from the pure consciousness of your creative voice to the person who's a craftsman who can go into the world and consistently deliver new things worth paying attention to.”

World Trying Persons Real Voice Attention Consciousness Creative Pure Direct Pay Attention Endeavor New Things Consistently Craftsman

Author:Billy Corgan

“If you don't have some sort of belief system by which to center your life, it's hard sometimes to understand why you would put up with your family.”

Ifs Sometimes Hard Belief Our Family Belief Systems

Author:Billy Corgan

“I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far greater importance than the business I seem to be in. Everywhere I go in the world, people ask me about the business that I seem to be in, but I'm not really in that business.”

People World Seems Asks Greater Tradition Importance Ask Me Music Business

Author:Billy Corgan