The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

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?

Every day is a dance deed.

Do all hearts break the same way?

My nose is broken, " I said. Damn that Dumbo. Made me self-conscious."My ankle's broken, " he said."Then I'll come to you.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.

When you say 'Yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'No' to yourself.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.

The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.

Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.