Best Maynard James Keenan Quotes
- 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. Any
- A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each… Beginning
- Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them. Artist
- People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it. Follow
- Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. Listening
- I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just… Believe
- If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from… All
- I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever… Background
- The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? Art
- If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. Always Something
- 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… Anyway Without
- But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it. Blooded
- I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead. Dead
- We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle. Came
- Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music. Inspirational
- I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. Behavior
- I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. Artist
- I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. General
- The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich. Company
- After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands. All
- I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure. Been
- Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it… Book
- 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 on… Assume
- Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. Actor
- Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool. Everything Revolves