Adam Jones

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

— Adam Jones

I like soundtracks and I like film.

— Adam Jones

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

— Adam Jones

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.

— Adam Jones

I'm not a good guitar player.

— Adam Jones

Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.

— Adam Jones

The Melvins are grunge.

— Adam Jones

If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault.

— Adam Jones

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

— Adam Jones

I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.

— Adam Jones

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

— Adam Jones

We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.

— Adam Jones

We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us.

— Adam Jones

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

— Adam Jones

I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.

— Adam Jones

I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another…

— Adam Jones

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

— Adam Jones

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

— Adam Jones

When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more…

— Adam Jones

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write…

— Adam Jones

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

— Adam Jones

If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same…

— Adam Jones

There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and…

— Adam Jones

Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy…

— Adam Jones

I didnt text you to exercise my fingers, I want a damn reply.

— Adam Jones

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

— Adam Jones

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.

— Adam Jones

That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.

— Adam Jones

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.

— Adam Jones

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.

— Adam Jones

I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.

— Adam Jones

We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.

— Adam Jones

All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

— Adam Jones

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

— Adam Jones

I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

— Adam Jones

I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.

— Adam Jones

I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.

— Adam Jones

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

— Adam Jones

I've never worried about how long the song is.

— Adam Jones

Fine art is really something I want to get into.

— Adam Jones