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Band
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Nov 07, 2020

You're in a band 24 hours a day.

Nov 07, 2020

My step-mom would tell me that she would get complaints from adults that I stared too much at them.

Nov 07, 2020

I realize I'm a mirror.

Rock
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Nov 07, 2020

Well, all rock and roll is based in artifice.

Most
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Mind
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Nov 07, 2020

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus.

Best
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Nov 07, 2020

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

Hero
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't want to be a dead hero.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was.

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

I always thought Kurt Cobain was the perfect embodiment of the great alternative guitar player.

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

Most great records really start with the drums.

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.

Hands
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Nov 07, 2020

I went to see a shaman. He put his hands on me, and I cried like a baby for an hour.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

Desire
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Nov 07, 2020

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

Play
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Nov 07, 2020

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't have any sentimental notion about how people are going to remember me.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

Save
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Nov 07, 2020

I do not think wrestling is going to save the world.

Declaring
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Nov 07, 2020

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic.

Push
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Nov 07, 2020

I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us through fear.

Live
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Nov 07, 2020

Soon you won't even have the choice to live or die as you wish!

Debate
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Nov 07, 2020

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

Hope
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Nov 07, 2020

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love.

God
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Nov 07, 2020

Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a god or gods should pose no threat to you.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

More than any audience in the world, Americans will cross their arms, stare at you and say, 'OK, whaddya got?' - no matter how many times you've proven it to them.

Doing
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Nov 07, 2020

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I work differently than most people.

Human
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Nov 07, 2020

To me, it's the folly of man to make God human.

Family
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Nov 07, 2020

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

If you don't fit into this kind of like gossipy, trendy, Web-hit thingy, you're relegated to sort of second-class celebrity status.

Good Things
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't think people buy records because of anything that happens on Facebook. They buy records cause they're friends say 'I bought this record and I love it.'

Got
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Nov 07, 2020

Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

Problem
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

Crazy
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Nov 07, 2020

I have a saying, which is, 'Crazy is good for business.' I think rock and roll really is about being a bit crazy.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

Most people are living lives of sort of survival. And constantly posing an existential crisis, either through fantasy or oblivion, really has been pretty much explored in rock and roll. At least in the western version of rock n' roll.

Legacy
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Nov 07, 2020

I think I'm an artistic radical, and I think I'll be recognized as one. I'm a really good musician and a songwriter, but I think my real legacy will be as a radical.

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills.

Music
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Nov 07, 2020

I think God is the most unexplored territory in rock and roll music.

I Think
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Nov 07, 2020

Personally, I think Jesus would like better bands.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

Hey, Christian rock, if you want to be good, stop copying U2. U2 already did it. You know what I mean? There's a lot of U2-esque Christian rock.

Past
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Nov 07, 2020

I just don't want to live in the past. I'm really disappointed by so many people of my generation who - in order to promote their new work, they have to constantly lean on their past. I don't want to be that type of artist... I see a lot of people out here doing really marginal music.

Light
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Nov 07, 2020

You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have any money, so they see social media as the free marketing... So... 'Billy, light yourself on fire and stand upside down, and that'll market the record.'

Media
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Nov 07, 2020

It's important for people to talk and get beyond the wall of Facebook and social media.

Coffee
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Nov 07, 2020

I've never had coffee. I've always hated the smell. It was always tea. I was a pretty typical kid, though. I grew up drinking Lipton. I didn't know there was other tea to drink.

Nov 07, 2020

We were in Japan once where they had 30 kinds of green tea. I thought there was one.

Appearances
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Nov 07, 2020

If I worried about appearances, I wouldn't be at Cubs games.

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm sort of like a lame, single guy in a red sports car.

Others
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Nov 07, 2020

It just doesn't work without the others.

Nov 07, 2020

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

Nov 07, 2020

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

Big
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Nov 07, 2020

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.

Feet
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Nov 07, 2020

I lay a lot of blame at the feet of Dusty Baker for not being more strict about fundamentals, which I think would give the team a stronger day-to-day identity.

Down
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Culture
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Nov 07, 2020

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

Position
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Nov 07, 2020

Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

Grow
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.

My Own
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

Even
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Nov 07, 2020

I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.

Church
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Nov 07, 2020

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

Doing
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Nov 07, 2020

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

Nov 07, 2020

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

Light
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Nov 07, 2020

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

Find
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.

Hell
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Nov 07, 2020

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself.

Ideas
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.

Chemistry
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Nov 07, 2020

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

Everyone
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Nov 07, 2020

In the beginning, though, I have to admit that I did have a chip on my shoulder. I did want to prove everyone wrong. But after I went through the process and came out the other side, it wasn't about anyone else.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.

Funny Thing
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Nov 07, 2020

The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

Ashamed
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Nov 07, 2020

Injuries are nothing to be ashamed about.

Hard
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Nov 07, 2020

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

Country
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Nov 07, 2020

I still believe in my country.

Nov 07, 2020

You've got to be ready to be in a great relationship.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.

Nov 07, 2020

It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

Reactionary
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Nov 07, 2020

I tend to be reactionary.

Intellectual
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Nov 07, 2020

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.

Big
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Nov 07, 2020

I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.

Generation
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Nov 07, 2020

I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it.

Nov 07, 2020

I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. I'm sick of that.

Generation
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Nov 07, 2020

I was part of a generation that changed the world, and it was taken over by posers.

Nothing
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Nov 07, 2020

There's nothing wrong with technology. It's when technology is the story and not the artist, that's the problem.

Lost
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.

Society
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Nov 07, 2020

We've turned into a whining society.

Long Time
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Nov 07, 2020

We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.

I Can
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm just an artist. I can only do so much. I can only say so much.

Memory
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Nov 07, 2020

I think when I listen to old records, it puts me back in the atmosphere of what it felt like to make the record and who was there and what the room looked like. It's more a sensory memory.

Hill
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Nov 07, 2020

I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill.

Lost
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Nov 07, 2020

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

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