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}}'''Jesse Andersen''' is [[Billy Corgan]]'s autistic half-brother and the subject of the song "[[Spaceboy]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starla.org/articles/bro.htm |title=He's My Brother |last=Miller |first=Andrew |work=starla.org |accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> He has joined [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] on stage a [[Jesse Andersen#Touring stats|number of times]] over the years, typically playing [[W:tambourine|tambourine]] or providing vocals. Corgan told ''Feelnumb.com'' of him: | }} | ||
'''Jesse Andersen''' is [[Billy Corgan]]'s autistic half-brother and the subject of the song "[[Spaceboy]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.starla.org/articles/bro.htm |title=He's My Brother |last=Miller |first=Andrew |work=starla.org |accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> He has joined [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] on stage a [[Jesse Andersen#Touring stats|number of times]] over the years, typically playing [[W:tambourine|tambourine]] or providing vocals. Corgan told ''Feelnumb.com'' of him: | |||
{{Cquote|He’s an interesting character. It’s kind of about how he’s different. He has physical handicap, it’s hard to explain. He has a rare chromosomal disorder, it gives him a some what different genetic make up. He has different physical and mental problems and yet somehow by all accounts, I’m physically and mentally OK. But I feel our lives are the similar. (Similar in the way that we are both) Freaks of nature, freaks of society, I always keep going back to something by Henry Miller. No matter how much he smiled, told jokes, shook hands, patted people on the back. People still looked at him funny, they still sensed something wasn’t right. I’ve always felt that way, that no matter how normal I appear, I was treated differently.|author=Billy Corgan|source=Feelnumb.com<ref>http://www-.feelnumb.com/2010/01/27/jesse-corgan-billy-corgan-brother-and-inspiration-for-the-song-spaceboy/</ref>}} | {{Cquote|He’s an interesting character. It’s kind of about how he’s different. He has physical handicap, it’s hard to explain. He has a rare chromosomal disorder, it gives him a some what different genetic make up. He has different physical and mental problems and yet somehow by all accounts, I’m physically and mentally OK. But I feel our lives are the similar. (Similar in the way that we are both) Freaks of nature, freaks of society, I always keep going back to something by Henry Miller. No matter how much he smiled, told jokes, shook hands, patted people on the back. People still looked at him funny, they still sensed something wasn’t right. I’ve always felt that way, that no matter how normal I appear, I was treated differently.|author=Billy Corgan|source=Feelnumb.com<ref>http://www-.feelnumb.com/2010/01/27/jesse-corgan-billy-corgan-brother-and-inspiration-for-the-song-spaceboy/</ref>}} | ||
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