We were just a little immature in the past. I think we actually wanted to create difficult situations for ourselves just to be able to use that emotion for stimulation.

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

Music is 99% of my life. But I know I need a break. Besides, if you give people too much, they start to not want it. We need to restrain ourselves.

We can look you in the eye and talk to you about life, heart, love rock'n'roll, whatever, but we do not have the moral authority to tell people how to vote or what to do with their bodies. We are just a rock band.

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

Usually the intention of the artistic effect is too sophisticated for most people to understand, sort of like a joke that they don't get so they don't think it's funny.

You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected our own demise.