I often have deer on my property and there's a fox and owls. You're not going to see that in the city.

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.

Most of my arguments with musicians through the years have had more to do with their attitude about music, or their attitude about their own lives, or their personal responsibility. Music has never really been the big centerpiece of the fight.

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

I realize I'm a mirror.

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.