The Smashing Pumpkins Quotes
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Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with.
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Life is everything and nothing all at once.
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I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice.
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After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.'
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Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.
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All the bands I've played with have had dynamic front men.
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I feel really good in the teacher role.
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The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.
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We have a partnership deal with New Line Records, which is part of New Line Cinema, and... I worked on that.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
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I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.
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Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.
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Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.
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When I'm at home I practice everyday.
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It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian.
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Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.
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It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even for a second.
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I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there.