Billy Corgan Opens Up About His Friendship With Lisa Marie Presley and Performing at Her Funeral

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Billy Corgan is reflecting on his friendship with the late Lisa Marie Presley, and he admits there's one regret he has over his working relationship with her, or lack thereof.During an appearance with The Smashing Pumpkins on SiriusXM's, the rock band's frontman opened up about the tragic loss of Elvis and Priscilla Presley's only child, after she died in January at the age of 54.Following her death, Corgan was among those who performed at her funeral, held at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, where he performed the band's 1998 single, «To Sheila.»«She was awesome — that was a tough one,» the 56-year-old musician said. «That was really hard for me because she was a one-of-a-kind person and the world really didn't know her because they, of course, always knew her as Elvis' daughter, but she was a really, really cool, unique person.»Corgan and Lisa Marie briefly worked together.

He co-wrote the song «Savior,» a hidden track off her 2003 debut album, . Looking back, Corgan admits he regrets not spending more time working with her on that album after she requested his help.«I wish I’d sort of taken more possession of it because she never really got her music thing off the ground,» he said, noting he was too busy at the time to work more on that project. «She was actually really talented ...

If you get a chance to hear her voice, she inherited a lot of her father’s great depth and the voice and it’s a shame that she didn’t make more music.»Corgan also opened up about having a «front-row seat» at getting to know Elvis like no one knew him, thanks to his close friendship with Lisa Marie.«She did remember him, and she had really glowing things to say about her father,» he said. «I got to know her father through her in a way that.