I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens. - Billy Corgan

Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.

I’m trying to figure out how to take the instrument and have it still sound like a guitar, but put you in a different universe.

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 too.