I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

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 great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.

If only his mind were as easy to fix as his body.

You can't fly if you don't get the courage to grow your wings.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.

...the crazy never die.

[...] a darkness shining in brightness which brightness could not comprehend.

Concentrate on poverty and you will be poor.

I want to be a monster too