It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

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?

I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places.

It is safe to say that the U.S. Congress is now run by paid staffers, not by people elected to do the job.

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.

excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm afraid i'm becoming ridiculous

'Perfect' is the enemy of 'good enough'.

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.