Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I believe that when you go into a gallery or a museum, the most powerful pieces are the ones that don't have… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, 'I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
You can grow grapes in almost any part of the world. You just have to develop your palate enough to realize wine… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I'm not an educated man. I only know what I'm told, and I'm not told that much; I have no frame of… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I think artists are going to express things from an emotional point of view, that's their job, to suggest and interpret, and… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue that goes… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I'm not an educated man. I only know what I'm told, and I'm not told that much; I have no frame of reference for… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
The process that we go through in recording with Tool is very organic, but at the same time it is very thought out. There… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
“If I let you, you would make me destroy myself. in order to survive you, I must first survive myself. I can sink no… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I want to find a genie in a bottle that can grant me three wishes. I want to be able to speak, read, write,… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share
![“There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.” quote by Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a6b/maynard-james-keenan-3839_art_there-are-people-who-are-like-monkeys-in_342504.jpg)
