Not let the child run the circus, just have that child be the source of the creative voice.

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?

Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?"-Morrie

If I had time, I would become timeless.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.

I'm very comfortable writing.

If oil exploration can threaten a place as beautiful and meaningful as Virunga, where next?

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world.

Workflow is understanding your job, understanding your tools, and then not thinking about it any more.

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.