Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
There is still a future with music, because people want music — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I feel like there's no real innovation in having some music. It's more just unique personalities and unique expressions, and you being… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way,… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me… — 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
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
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
I think there's a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There's something transcendent about it. It's sort of the way… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it. — 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 Image
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 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 reference for… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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