I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.

If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

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

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.

Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.

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

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

No matter what, you cannot run from who you are.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaDrugs: Source of the mystical experience of the ignorant.

The night was starless and very dark. Without doubt, in the gloom some mighty angel was standing, with outstretched wings, awaiting the soul.

I have felt uncomfortable having people say, "You're my idol," because I want them to idolize God. I want them to idolize somebody that's done a lot.

If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.

Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.