Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even. — Maynard James Keenan Break Copy Share Image
“People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.” — Maynard James Keenan Follow Copy Share Image
“I may find peace with in the emptiness, how pitiful.” — Maynard James Keenan Emptiness Copy Share Image
Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself. — Maynard James Keenan Desert Copy Share Image
Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool. — Maynard James Keenan Change Copy Share Image
“You minimize my moves in anyway, I must persuade you another way.” — Maynard James Keenan Minimize Copy Share Image
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers — Maynard James Keenan Atrophy 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 Adam 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 Ego Copy Share Image
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady… — Maynard James Keenan Figures 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 Circles Copy Share Image
Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on… — Maynard James Keenan Atheism Copy Share Image
Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away. — Maynard James Keenan Borderline Copy Share Image
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 Art Copy Share Image
If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always… — Maynard James Keenan Common 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 Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more… — Maynard James Keenan Army Copy Share Image
It's the role of us to run our government, the government by the people, for the people, and I don't think our… — Maynard James Keenan Country Copy Share Image
I think that every collective that you witness occurring on a stage, it's not about any one of the individuals. There's something… — Maynard James Keenan Alchemy 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… — Maynard James Keenan Brain 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 Art Copy Share Image
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back… — Maynard James Keenan America 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 Backgrounds Copy Share Image
“Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same."… — Maynard James Keenan Deep thoughts Copy Share Image
I think that people get outraged over things. I think what we really need is a kind of borderline extinction level event… — Maynard James Keenan Borderline Copy Share Image
If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me. Don't judge or question. You are broken now, but faith… — Maynard James Keenan Atheism 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… — Maynard James Keenan Assuming 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 Able 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 Circle Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life. Open my eyes and blind me with your light and your lies. — Maynard James Keenan Blind Copy Share Image
One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we… — Maynard James Keenan Challenges Copy Share Image
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an… — Maynard James Keenan Body Copy Share Image
“I needed to get it out. It was that tipping point where you either become a serial killer or a rock star.” — Maynard James Keenan Killer Copy Share Image
It's a purging of sorts. Like, when you're all done doing your laundry and it's fresh and bright, but washing the clothes,… — Maynard James Keenan Clothes Copy Share Image
But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it. — Maynard James Keenan Hot Copy Share Image
“Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.” — Maynard James Keenan Cold Copy Share Image
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,… — Maynard James Keenan Curmudgeon 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 Art 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… — Maynard James Keenan Educated Copy Share Image
