I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

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

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

I don't know if God would agree with me, but believing in God is kind of unimportant when compared to believing in yourself. Because if you go with the idea that God gave you a mind and an ability to judge things, then he would want you to believe in yourself and not worry about believing in him. By believing in yourself you will come to the conclusion that will point to something.

I don't think '90s music was as significant as '60s music in terms of changing the world, but it was significant, and I think it was similarly disillusioning when you realize the mainstream just views it as like a curiosity.

My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.