I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.

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?

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

Happiness is neither in the past, nor in the future. It is here right now, in the present.

Today is yesterday's victory, yesterday is tomorrow's conquest, and tomorrow is today's war. Though I face death, I am not fearsome.

The best opportunity for our uplifting is the opportunity to give.

Knowledge is power but enthusiasm pulls the switch.

The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau.

But some people don't appreciate my bossiness.

People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves

Then I get it, what it means. At least, for me. District 12 only has three existing victors to choose from. Two male. One female... I am going back into the arena.

Golf is a great way for someone to learn discipline, responsibility and sportsmanship.?