Billy Corgan

Musically, sexually.

Gender.

Gender.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's interesting you bring up Tupac because he was a theater kid.

It's interesting you bring up Tupac because he was a theater kid.

Bowie was a mime.

Bowie was a mime.

And I think both of those things informed the way they saw how to present themselves in public.

And I think both of those things informed the way they saw how to present themselves in public.

And maybe that your acting background sort of registers on maybe a different level than somebody who hadn't done acting, right?

And maybe that your acting background sort of registers on maybe a different level than somebody who hadn't done acting, right?

Because acting in rock and roll is kind of a dirty word, right?

Because acting in rock and roll is kind of a dirty word, right?

You know what I mean?

You know what I mean?

Because people want to believe the performance they're seeing is in that moment and is an organic representation of the thing that's happening between artist and audience.

Because people want to believe the performance they're seeing is in that moment and is an organic representation of the thing that's happening between artist and audience.

The minute you explain to people that there is some form of acting going on, they get, especially an alternative, they get kind of like, whoa, what does that mean?