Most great records really start with the drums..

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me..

We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best..

I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city..

I don't think people are fans of me because I wrote hit songs. I think they're fans because I'm a lunatic or a weirdo. The hit songs came out of my i….

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that..

We're both cat lovers [with Marilyn Manson]..

I've become a guy who's like a complaining, whining neurotic..

Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus..

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was..

As far as a theoretical point of view for my generation, I'm probably the most successful theoretician. I mean, double albums and concepts and dresse….

For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right..

I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself..

I work differently than most people..

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

I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and info….

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in..

I'm passionate about creating new systems that are more holistic to humankind. What do I mean by that? I mean, create new systems of business so that….

If you're really going to uncover something as an artist, you're going to come into access with parts of your personality and your psyche that are re….

Everything about life makes me lonely..

I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides ….