Billy Corgan

So I can speak about it directly because you knew the Gish album so well.

She called me on the phone and said, I'm paraphrasing, I wish I could do the...

She called me on the phone and said, I'm paraphrasing, I wish I could do the... What the is with the hippie lyrics?

What the fuck is with the hippie lyrics?

Well, the thing that will forever stick with me, and this is where I am forever grateful, she said, why can't the person that I talk to on the phone or have a tea with, why is that person not writing lyrics?

The thing that will forever stick with me, and this is where I am forever grateful, she said, why can't the person that I talk to on the phone or have a tea with...

Why is that person not writing lyrics?

Why are you hiding behind this hippie haze?

Why are you hiding behind this hippie haze?

Interesting.

Interesting.

Why are you writing, like, hippie haze Donovan lyrics in some sort of sentimental mode as opposed to talking about what you actually talk about in reality?

in some sort of sentimental mode as opposed to talking about what you actually talk about in reality.

And she's the one who puts that thumb on me and said, and that's why Siamese Dream was such a watershed because I was like, okay, I will do that.

And she's the one who puts that...

thumb on me and said, and that's why Siamese Dream was such a watershed because I was like, okay, I will do that.

And she's an ace lyric writer, as you know.

And she's a nice lyric writer, as you know.

So she said a really, so if you're in that, let's call it that Star Trek kind of, you know, good, bad, black, white oppositional force, which we did have particularly at that time, it was like, okay, I'm going to do that better than you think I can.

So she said a really... So if you're in that, let's call it that Star Trek kind of, you know, good-bad, black-white oppositional force, which we did have, particularly at that time, it was like, okay, I'm going to do that better than you think I can.