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

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 seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill.

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 damage, there's no way.

If I had spent fourteen months in a small room with Jesus, I'd want to fist fight with him.

The music is all we care about -- so if that's bad, then we're bad.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

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 information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.