What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

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?

All seasons are spectacular.

You are the love, the lover, and the beloved.

Give me a piece of cake from your love-life

To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.

Your own nature is pure, spotless, and pristine. Through association we drag ourselves down or we can raise ourselves up.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy; none of its parts are unconnected. They are composed harmoniously, and together - they compose the world.

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

There's a part of me that thinks I'm married to the audience, that I'm married to my job, and that this is where I devote 90% of my energy.

We belong to this earth. Now I can see the truth ... I love you on this earth of ours. Love me, do!