I realize I'm a mirror.

At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting.

When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.

The weird nihilism that permeates Mellon Collie is extremely relevant to what's going on right now. So many kids are intelligent and articulate, but they don't know what to do with themselves.

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

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

You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have any money so they see social media as the free marketing...So,...'Billy, light yourself on fire and stand upside down, and that'll market the record'. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this. I don't think people by records because of anything that happens on Facebook. They buy records cause they're friends say 'I bought this record and I love it'.