People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it.

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.

If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

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

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.

Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objects and principles.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

Every experience of love, bliss, belonging, inspiration, and insight provides a stepping stone back to your true self.

The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience.

I do love editorials - youre free to do whatever you want and portray a different character.

I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.

Asleep or awake, writing or reading, whatever you do, you must never be without the remembrance of God.

Why do we value leadership, connection and grace? Because it's scarce, and that scacity creates value.

Foul whisp'rings are abroad.