One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

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?

It's hard to stay committed when our heart isn't in it.

He awaits himself while walking, out of the icy circle to escape.

You must learn to enjoy life and have fun doing what you love.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

It's a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose...

Obviously like many of us, I love music, and I hate music sometimes.

I'm a father of four girls and I know very much about the relationship between a father and his daughters.

I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.

Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.

An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power.