Billy Corgan Band Quotations

A missive to all you metal bands, the world is totally over the rock thing. Rock is deader than it's ever been.

Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

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.

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.

I met Scott Stapp when the band was first coming up, great guy. I haven't seen him for years, but a great guy.

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

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.

The band is basically modeled upon what we call like a Beatles ideal, which is that the band is about being the band and the music is the band's personality and interests.

Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands.

Being in a rock band is just an excuse not to get a job

I met with a lot of resistance when I wanted our newest album to be a double CD. Many people thought I was going to ruin the band by doing it.

We weren't like mates who decided to form a band. The other three met me because they were interested in being in the band that I was starting.

We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again.