I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction|Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out.

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

When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.

My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children.

To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence.

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band.

We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down.

People act like Nirvana (band)|Nirvana invented Grunge music|grunge; they just took it and personified it.