We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a no band. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much wiped out. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children. Smashing Pumpkins (1996)