“The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?”
Art
“I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.”
HistoryAll Quotes by 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 just the medium.”
Music“There is still a future with music, because people want music.”
Future“Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.”
Music“But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.”
Nature“After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.”
Music“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 it is they do.”
Hope“Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.”
Music“Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.”
Funny“Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.”
Music“A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.”
Humor“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.”
Music“Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music.”
Music“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.”
Change“I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.”
History“The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.”
Fear“I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.”
Music“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 the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.”
Education“But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.”
Government“Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.”
Art