People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.

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?

Truthful hearts have clear blue skies permanently hidden and bound to thrive from the accusing mists of doubts and lies." ~ Angelica Hopes~ an excerpt from If I Could Tell You

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.

Voices joined together for a cause are like a wave that changes the shore.

Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves little trace in history.

God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.

A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.

Growing up is important, and I've got to do that gracefully, but also keep myself at a good pace.

You can't be in love with a Google search.