I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played….

There's nothing more satisfying than going to a market and meeting the person who picked the strawberries, or it's their farm that the strawberries c….

We've turned into a whining society..

About six months ago, I listened to Siamese Dream. That was the first time I'd ever really heard my own album, because I had separated from the exper….

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, s….

I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it s….

I want people to see me happy..

I don't like that the government is going to manipulate the information to try to convince me that what I'm eating is not what I'm really eating. If ….

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice..

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic..

Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of pe….

Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not….

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook..

People always seemed to pay attention to us. I have no idea why -- there was just a presence between the four people or something..

In my Corgan brain, I've decided it's almost as simple as 'All you need is love.' Almost..

Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about..

I rummage around in artistic things from the past. If you don't understand the context, they wouldn't make any sense. I rummage around in conceptual ….

Twenty-eight to 31 is the tough period. You have to be really careful because it's so cataclysmic, so life-altering. People do really dramatic things….

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

Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that..

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car..