I realize I'm a mirror.

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?

The world has changed from quality to quantity, and so have we.

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

Every time he saw her, he realised the reason why they always said humans are made of stardust.

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow. The work you produce today will create your future.

I grew up with "Follies." I saw it when I was fifteen. It was the original production, and of course, that production will never be equaled.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

I'm honestly as happy writing Superman Adventures as I am writing Wanted.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.