When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.

Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?

I rummage around in artistic things from the past. If you don't understand the context, they wouldn't make any sense. I rummage around in conceptual ideas of the future, but if you don't know the source of the thinking, [it] wouldn't make any sense.

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.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

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

In my Corgan brain, I've decided it's almost as simple as 'All you need is love.' Almost.