"Rock music is so passé." -James

"I'm a big Star Trek fan, but I'm not into the conventions or the ears or anything like that. I'm suprised they put The X-Files on the air, because the theories on there are so close." -D'arcy (on science fiction)

"I'm looking forward to some kind of well-coordinated Floyd future, perhaps even a floating pig of our own." -Billy (on inaugurating Pink Floyd into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

"Oh boy. Bad rock cliche #452." -James

"Before Thanksgiving, the turkey on your tables was a happy, free turkey, who could think and do as he wished. Just think about that after you're done eating on Thanksgiving." -Billy (talking to his fans during a concert around Thanksgiving)

"James isn't really James. He's a robot." -D'arcy

"It could have been any vegetable." -Billy (on the name)

"Uhh... I don't know if I can speak for Bugg [Superstar, Iha's dog] at this moment, but he's dealing with it as any other canine might." -James (on Bugg dealing with fame)

Kurt Loder: "Will you be growing your hair back soon?" Billy: "Yes... But only through the ears."

"I don't really like the effect MTV had on our audience." -D'arcy

Fan Question: "Hi James. My friend says that you were or are a woman. But then I also read that you were dating D'arcy. So which one was true?"
Billy: "He is a woman, and he was involved with D'arcy."
James: "I'm trying to do a lot of things these days."

"My favorites are the people who sit down during the songs they don't like and stand up during the ones they do- those are my favorite people. Go ahead and sit down cause you're not gonna like this one so. . .If you're bored already, I would, I would just go. You've already heard most of the hits so. . .We'll keep trying though." -Billy (during a recent concert)

"We have a cardboard cut-out of Billy that we kick occasionally." -James

D'arcy: I'd say that's always been Billy's motto. Anything to serve the song. Whatever it takes to serve the song, you know. If he has to make me stand on my head while I'm playing kazoo, so be it. If he's gonna like, have to sing while he ...
James: And play bass too.
D'arcy: Yeah. Whatever. Whoever doing whatever.

"See, we don't normally play this song; we thought it would be kinda fun to play it, but obviously we don't know our own songs, so... We'll just play some Bush or Stone Temple Pilots or something... [band plays short "Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff] ... Usually we wait until the end of the concert to apologize for sucking, but I will apologize now. I'm very sorry -- we suck." -Billy (during the 1/26/97 concert)

(In response to what he did the first time he saw himself on MTV) "[I] freaked out! I didn't have anyone to call so I called the operator and said, 'Look, it's me on TV! I'm playin' guitar on TV right now!' The operator referred me to the psychiatric ward of the nearest hospital." -James

"It's The Smashing Pumpkins. That was my stupid idea." -Billy

"We have a problem with any labels that people try to hang on us, because all it does is drag you down." -D'arcy

"Are you all ready to have a rockin' mashed potato time?" -Billy

"He's driving an ice cream truck and I'm wearing a dress." -James (on the 'Today' video)

"We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best." -Billy

"I was known for throwing knives." -D'arcy

"I guess we should apologize now for making you all miss the Super Bowl. If it makes you feel any better, um, in the second quarter the players decided that they were all going to choose the path of non-violence and they all gave up football. So the game was suspended anyway so you're not missing anything." -Billy (talking to fans at a concert on the same day as the Super Bowl)

Fan: "Are you also famous in Japan?"
James: "Once I was walking down the street in Tokyo, and these Japanese fans came up to me and gave me some socks, which I'm wearing right now. And they are really nice socks."

"I hate how in magazine pictures, they always stick me somewhere in the back. It means they don't think I'm the cute one." -Billy

Interviewer: Take us back to the D’arcy / Billy meeting. The very day the Pumpkins happened.
D'arcy: O.K. Local Chicago Goth Club called The Avalon. They played that Bryan Ferry song Avalon every night at the close when they were kicking everyone out. I was outside talking about a live band that plays there all the time that I liked. Some asshole just butts into my conversation while we are standing on the sidewalk and says "what the hell were you talking about? That band was crap and besides that they were put together by a record company." I said "How would you know that. Can you tell just by looking at them?" And he says "I can tell by the way that guy jumps around on stage." I said "I jump around on stage and I wasn’t put together by a record company." He says "Yeah well what do you do?" I say "I play bass" and he says "I have a band and I’m looking for a bass player. Here’s my number. Give me a call". And that was it.

"We are proud to be the first full services alternative rock band. What does that mean to you? You want service, we'll give it to you....If you want to hear an Oasis song, we'll play one." -Billy (during a recent concert)

Interviewer: "What's the first thing you would grab if your house was on fire?"
D'arcy: "My husband."

"We had trouble with it ('Bullet with Butterfly Wings) because it was such an obvious choice (for a first single). In terms of what we do, it seems like such a staightforward pop song for us. I like the song a lot, but we're not exactly all about straightforward pop." -D'arcy