My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

I've become a guy who's like a complaining, whining neurotic.

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

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 vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.