I think humankind is going to have to evolve into systems that are more transparent. Then people will be able to make more integral choices about the food they eat.

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?

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

If I waited for a proper occasion to get dressed up I'd never wear half of these clothes. Put on the clothes and you make things happen to match them. It doesn't work the other way around.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

What's well begun is half done.

If you want to experience miracles, you have to believe before seeing.

It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.

If you hear an old parable and you don't believe it, it's mythology. If you hear an old parable and you believe it, it's religion.

A new power is emerging on the world stage born of love not fear

Going forward, anything that Richard [Ayoade] asks me to do, I would be so honoured... even if it's sweeping the street because he's such a great person and a great friend.