Quiet

Quiet is the second track from The Smashing Pumpkins' second studio album, Siamese Dream. It was written by Billy Corgan and is also featured on Vieuphoria and the audio-only counterpart, Earphoria. Corgan intended "Quiet" to be a swipe at his parents, after he was sick of being criticized.

The intro is 3 or 4 short guitar licks that we ran into the K2500 and processed heavily. We didn't use midi, so I had to "fly" the bits back to tape pushing the trigger button…it was tricky to get the timing right.

According to the Siamese Dream guitar tab book, the zooming noises at the beginning of the song are inspired by a record Billy had as kid. The record had the sounds of various race cars on it, which he would listen to it all the time.