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

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

Everybody likes to run around on their phones, including me, but we don't always want to hear who's sweating somewhere in some non-air-conditioned factory to create those things so that they can keep the prices down.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.