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> [But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/but-you-know-i-m-the-negative-nancy-curmudgeon-glass-half-empty-with/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

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## More by Maynard James Keenan

> [I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-can-t-be-a-legend-yet-i-m-not-dead/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/we-are-eternal-all-this-pain-is-an-illusion/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/repugnant-is-a-creature-who-would-squander-the-ability-to-lift-an-eye/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-think-the-biggest-problem-working-with-me-would-be-that-i-m-an-only/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-m-not-an-educated-man-i-only-know-what-i-m-told-and-i-m-not-told/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/why-did-father-give-these-humans-free-will-now-they-re-all-confused/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [The process that we go through in recording with Tool is very organic, but at the same time it is very thought out. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/the-process-that-we-go-through-in-recording-with-tool-is-very-organic/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/just-in-general-any-government-throughout-history-hasn-t-really/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/the-trick-is-to-use-the-drugs-once-to-get-there-and-maybe-spend-the/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [“If I let you, you would make me destroy myself. in order to survive you, I must first survive myself. I can sink no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/if-i-let-you-you-would-make-me-destroy-myself-in-order-to-survive-you/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/all-i-can-do-is-say-i-smell-a-rat-i-don-t-know-where-it-is-or-what/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-believe-that-music-is-a-force-in-itself-it-is-there-and-it-needs-an/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [I want to find a genie in a bottle that can grant me three wishes. I want to be able to speak, read, write,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-want-to-find-a-genie-in-a-bottle-that-can-grant-me-three-wishes-i/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-think-psychedelics-play-a-major-part-in-what-we-do-but-having-said/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

> [I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/i-m-a-pessimist-but-i-m-a-pessimist-with-a-sense-of-responsibility/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

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