I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

Everybody says I am NOBODY, and you know NOBODY is Perfect.

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

Always revisit your decisions in the light of new knowledge and information. Don't be afraid to change.

The year is always correct, also the month, only the day can be another. But that occurs to me only in the moment of writing it down.

The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

No one ever grew up intending to be an umpire, except perhaps my friend Bill Haller. His brother Tom wanted to be a catcher, so an affinity for masks must run in that family.

Vulnerability can be empowering as a songwriter and storyteller.

Only love with its science makes us so innocent.

When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.