Smashing Pumpkins has never been a band about hit songs.

I was trying to be this person who is cool, eternally rocking.

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.

You have to keep adapting to the times. If you kind of go with it, it can kind of fun.

There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.

Life is everything and nothing all at once.