I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you..

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world..

I'm a Pisces, and Pisces have this weird inability to be completely spontaneous. We're too conscious of our actions. I've always been way too sensibl….

I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore..

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consiste….

The music business - and I guess you could say any artistic endeavor - usually rewards those who are on the leading edge of where everything is going….

I met Scott Stapp when the band was first coming up, great guy. I haven't seen him for years, but a great guy..

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death..

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 ….

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence..

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much ….

What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period of time - music had a….

I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time..

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vis….

I've had a lot of things rendered as not being effective or as some indication of my lack of sanity, only to be praised ten, fifteen, twenty years la….

I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far greater importance than the busines….

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business..

I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life.

Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillati….

I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass..

There's something going on right now in America, where the American spirit or character is reasserting itself around liberty. I think it's an importa….