There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.

We were just a little immature in the past. I think we actually wanted to create difficult situations for ourselves just to be able to use that emotion for stimulation.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

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.

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.