Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.
Billy CorganWhat most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.
Billy CorganI've had a lot of things rendered as not being effective or as some indication of my lack of sanity, only to be praised ten, fifteen, twenty years later for what I did once in this overt consciousness.
Billy CorganThat's the age that people are exploited, exploitable, and they're easily manipulated. The problem with me is, you can't manipulate me anymore. I've seen it, I know it, I've been there. And that's partially why, particularly in America, you see issues with artists as they get older. And they like to keep it a young man's game. Because that's how they can fudge around with the rules.
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