Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

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?

...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.

Life has a sense of humour

Follow your heart’s intuition by pursuing the things you truly love.

Rust may never sleep, but then, neither does moss.

I'd be lying if I said killing off characters wasn't therapeutic in some way.

I cheat him, I deceive him, yet the world does not sink in sulphur-colored mists. Madness conquers. I can no longer put my mosaics together. I just cry and laugh.

Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!

No fox is foxier than man!

All property is theft, except mine.