Maynard James Keenan quotes - page 2

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people. (Maynard James Keenan)
I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 me. View quote
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Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. View quote
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Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool. View quote
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I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. View quote
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I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour. View quote
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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. (Maynard James Keenan)
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories. View quote
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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. View quote
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I always knew that I wanted to be an artist. View quote
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There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist. View quote
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I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big. View quote
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Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even. View quote
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Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music. View quote
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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. View quote
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We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool. View quote
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For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. (Maynard James Keenan)
The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? View quote
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There is still a future with music, because people want music. View quote
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I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something. View quote
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Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect. View quote
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