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

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want...and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.

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

I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me.

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

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs that would change the course of our lives forever. 'Siamese Dream' represents all of our dreams coming true, while the dreams of a happy band fell apart.