Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

The mythology in rock n' roll is that I'm a bit of a loose cannon. Yet I've produced more music than anybody in my generation. So how much of a loose cannon am I? But the general public believes that I'm a loose cannon, so let them believe it. I'm not going to correct them.

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.

We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life.

The weird nihilism that permeates Mellon Collie is extremely relevant to what's going on right now. So many kids are intelligent and articulate, but they don't know what to do with themselves.

I don't wanna play this kind of cartoon character anymore.