These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

If the next record is no better than Gish, then we've failed.

It's important for people to talk and get beyond the wall of Facebook and social media.

I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.

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

As a healthy person, my breakfasts are very bland and boring. Think kind of a white pasty gruel. Or there can be an occasional banana over the top.