We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

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.

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

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

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 cultural significance on different levels, whether it was folk music, it was the news of the village, or it had to do with the rites of passage.

The simplest way that I can understand therapy is that we're born a certain way, we're taught to be something different, and we spend our whole lives trying to unravel it.