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Maynard James Keenan
April 17, 1964 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

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.

   

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