Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillation of the moment.

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

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.

Every year that goes by, I lose that much more motivation to play rock.

I'm passionate about creating new systems that are more holistic to humankind. What do I mean by that? I mean, create new systems of business so that people with ethics both exploit their goods and their gifts while not exploiting the earth, exploiting one another.