You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

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?

With Inspiration, Liberation and Determination, you can reach any Destination.-RVM

The way we talk and our behavior should reflect positively on God.

The ordinary public is a puppet of worthless news and media.

Style is to see beauty in modesty.

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.

I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.