I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.

Soon you won't even have the choice to live or die as you wish!

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

I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance.

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.