There's a really a cold, cold side to my personality that I'm not really comfortable with. I'm constantly dealing with that side of my personality versus my overly sentimental side: There's just a side that's a real motherfucker side; it's nothing I want to admit or even look at. It's where a lot of my strength lies. It's been the part of me that's been able to steel my spine against situations that probably would have broken a lot of people, or caused them to jump off the loop.

...Instead of taking the 'I'm cool, I hope you adore me' path (with my music), I chose the path of how to connect. I think that's the reason a lot of people fe…

For a 6-foot-3 guy with no hair and a whiny voice, I've done all right.

The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it to…

Adversity discourages none but contemptible peoples.

There's a tendency for people to want to be led. I've touched on that subject a few other times in other songs I've written. But this one was more personal, an…

A woman is like a teabag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.