Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people..

I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it..

You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected our own demise..

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

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 finge….

The Killer in me is the Killer in you..

The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and….

I mean my point as an artist is I'm on my own little weird journey across the sky here and whether or not anybody's listening, or listening to the de….

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem..

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for..

Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for tomorrow, Tomorrow's much too long..

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, o….

If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth..

As a 28 year old who's lived long enough to know the difference, I know now that the feelings I felt an 16 were not necessarily correct. But however ….

There's a lot of UFO sightings in New Orleans, which isn't really too surprising. There's a lotta crazy people there. The people there lack the intel….

I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be..

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity..

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

It's wonderful to read interviews by old blues guys - they talk about all their influences, they talk about who taught them how to play, and who they….

I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out..

Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow up, they don't want you t….