Billy Corgan Talks About Fun & Disneyland Misconceptions
Earlier this month, a photo of Billy Corgan not looking happy at Disneyland went viral. You can 
consider it the 2015 version of Jack White’s angry resting face at a Chicago Cubs game.
During a VIP Q&A on July 13 in Colorado, the Smashing Pumpkins leader was asked if he was having fun with his career. Corgan explained the musical portion of his life is work and that fun for him is hanging out with family or catching a ballgame. He clarified that he does enjoy playing for fans and always tries to put his best foot forward.
Then, Corgan referenced his Disneyland trip that (for whatever reason) riled some people up.
“I literally had somebody say to me the other day, I think it was at DisneyLand: ‘Hey, you don’t seem that into this.’ I was like, ‘I’m at fucking Disneyland. I just want to hang out at Disneyland. I’m not here to do a meet and greet, I’m here to be at Disneyland.’ You know what I’m saying? But it’s almost like, ‘Well you’re here, and I’m here, and because I’m on my vacation, your vacation, you’re part of my vacation,’” recalled Corgan. “It’s like, I’m not working, and I wasn’t being unpleasant, I wasn’t being rude. I was taking pictures with people, I took a picture with every person that asked. But then it gets into, what’s in your head? Like, you’re not smiling enough, or you don’t seem to be enjoying – and I’m like, what the fuck do you want from me?
He continued: “That’s when it gets like, are you paying me? On whose dime are we on here? Because we have so much celebrity culture that is servile, ‘I’ll say whatever you want. I’ll make sure I take just the right selfie so I look better than I really look.’ I don’t want any part in that, that’s not interesting. So if that means one person has to walk away and go, ‘He’s doesn’t seem like he’s in a good mood,’ and they never go to a show again, I mean, they’re not really a fan, so that’s just the way it goes.”
Corgan has a point…just saying!
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