The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

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?

to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God.

Apparently, denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

Don't be afraid to speak up, because someone will be there for you.

My job will not be easy but I am convinced the problems will be solved in a quicker and more efficient way if there is unity and consensus.

They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race.

What I've learnt is never to work with the person you are in a relationship with because sometimes you need a break.

When you can't pitch with your arm, you go with your heart.

Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.

Don't compare yourself to anyone. Be happy to be the wonder unique, very special person that you are.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.