"I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player." ― Billy Corgan Topic(s): Great Tags: always, cobain, thought More From Billy Corgan "One thing I’ve learned to appreciate as I’ve gotten a little older is direct forms of communication." "I’m from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants." "The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That’s what critics can’t put their finger on." More In Great "People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never."― Ralph Waldo Emerson "As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that."― Norman Schwarzkopf "I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process."― Shelby Foote