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

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.

The things I'm guided to do are really strange to me.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.

My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.