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 than other bands, and I also feel that’s why people polarize on us. If you don’t get it, it seems preposterous; if you do get it, it’s really heavy – it has a weight to it. (ang.)
Źródło: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Success, „Live! Magazine”, sierpień 1996
Billy Corgan: Cytaty o ludziach
Odkryj ciekawe cytaty na temat ludzie.
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. That’s the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins. (ang.)
Źródło: Mark Lewman, „Dirt Magazine”, 1992
People always called The Cure gloomy, but listening to The Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we’re the same way. (ang.)
Źródło: wywiad, „Playboy”, 1997
We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down. (ang.)
Źródło: Jim Stapleton, Smashing Pumpkins, Carlton Books Ltd., 1996.
„Ludzie zachowujący się jakby Nirvana wynalazła grunge. Oni po prostu wzięli i uosobili go.”
People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it. (ang.)
Źródło: Jim Stapleton, Smashing Pumpkins, Carlton Books Ltd., 1996.