I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.

Billy [Corgan] and I used to spend quite a lot of time together in Los Angeles, when I first moved there.

I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college.

We had a wonderful time with this kind of grunge awareness, where suddenly rock was cool again. People wanted to head loud guitars. It was a great time, and I'm glad we were there. But the gimmick part has worn off.

I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor.

We are the most beloved and hated band in the world.

I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.