Adam Jones

Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.

— Adam Jones

The Melvins are grunge.

— Adam Jones

I'm not a good guitar player.

— Adam Jones

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.

— Adam Jones

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

— Adam Jones

I like soundtracks and I like film.

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

Fine art is really something I want to get into.

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little sculptures, play video games.

— Adam Jones

As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

— Adam Jones

I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I…

— Adam Jones

I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.

— Adam Jones

I have a record company starting. It's called Flesh Records and I'm putting together music for porno movies.

— Adam Jones

I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.

— Adam Jones

Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes…

— Adam Jones

We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA…

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— 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

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones

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

— Adam Jones