I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor.

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

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.