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. |
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. |
The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? |
For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. |
I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something. |
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. |
A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral. |
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. |
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. |
I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. |
I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big. |
Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes. |
Because as an only child, you have your own little world. |
We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool. |
I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. |
I have the distinction of being called a media whore by Courtney Love. |
After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands. |
Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect. |
There is still a future with music, because people want music. |
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 that I just assume you can hear. |