Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has a lot on his plate right now. In adding to preparing his band for their upcoming UK arena tour, the 57-year-old musician recently launched his own reality TV show, Adventures in Carnyland, and has a wrestling company (National Wrestling Alliance) and a tea-room in Chicago to manage.
“My therapist used to say to me, 'The worst thing for you is to sit and ruminate, you have to stay busy',” Corgan reveals in a new [paywalled] interview with The Times, adding, “my serenity is the best fuel for making art and leading a happy life.” Not that the demons which have driven his life's work have entirely disappeared.
“I’m not at peace with the world!” he insists. “I’m frightened of it more so now than ever. But I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve had a very lucky life. Portraying that I’m a victim of something is not very attractive. I would rather be a figure of inspiration than one that ends up in a meme as a sort of tragic character.”
