I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.

I was playing heavy metal when I was 18. I had to evolve out of that into an alternative consciousness about what it meant to change the way I played guitar, and the kind of songs, and the subject matter, and singing about child abuse, and all this stuff. I had to come from somewhere, and I had to take chances to do that.

Shave your head, wear a 'ZERO' shirt. Take away your identity. What do you have? You still have yourself.

In my Corgan brain, I've decided it's almost as simple as 'All you need is love.' Almost.

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

People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.

I feel completely free to do whatever I want and how I want to do it. I feel unburdened by my past.