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Billy Corgan

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.

Billy Corgan

Success

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Billy Corgan is saying that rock and roll music still expects artists to meet outdated standards of success set by previous generations. However, he believes those traditional ideas of success no longer hold real value or significance.

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