Life is everything and nothing all at once.

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

Everybody can close their eyes, picture a dream house or a perfect place [where] they'd like to have a picnic. But actually creating it - how do you create something from nothing? Anyone who's creative understands that that's the magic, that's the alchemy.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.

I get more out of life just being myself, by just being a human being. Not by being a rock star, not by being whatever. Sometimes I act like a jerk, but I think people respect me for being myself. That's the ultimate thing about the Smashing Pumpkins.