You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

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

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.