What is one of the most important things you learned from Billy Corgan?
Um, he pointed out things like you don’t have to follow a formula. Probably the most influential thing he said to us was in the phone call when we were discussing maybe going to work with him, when he said he was interested. He was pointing out that we should reap the benefits of a successful career in a sincere and honest way. You have to be willing take risks and make sure that you’re doing what you want to do, and you’re not doing it to make other people happy. That’s one of the things that really stood out to us. That’s what we’re all about. We’re down to take risks. I don’t think any of our three albums sound exactly the same. “Welcome” was a big step up from “Gift,” at least for us, we got to experiment and do things we’ve never done before. I think we did that again. For us, the important thing is not be a one-dimensional band, but to grow as musicians and artists and really explore new things. We were really intrigued by that. You said you collaborated with other people and tho
