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

That's the age that people are exploited, exploitable, and they're easily manipulated. The problem with me is, you can't manipulate me anymore. I've seen it, I know it, I've been there. And that's partially why, particularly in America, you see issues with artists as they get older. And they like to keep it a young man's game. Because that's how they can fudge around with the rules.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

I want to make great songs.

Billy [Corgan] and I used to spend quite a lot of time together in Los Angeles, when I first moved there.