Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillation of the moment.
Billy CorganNot let the child run the circus, just have that child be the source of the creative voice.
Billy CorganIf you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.
Billy CorganYou have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.
Billy CorganNow the expectation is that, once the public decides that the artist is gentrified, the public demands that the artist stop growing. And [the public] actually puts all their energy into reasserting or re-establishing what the artist has long ago left behind. Because that's what they want. The source of creativity, the gift that's been given, be damned.
Billy Corgan