Billy Corgan

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.

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

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

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

We've turned into a whining society.

Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar, and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

Music is your guide.

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

When you actually like each other, it translates to the music.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

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.

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.