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Maynard James Keenan quotes: People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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 out for themselves.

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 out for themselves.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 102. Scramble to reach higher ground. Order and sanity, something to comfort me.

102. Scramble to reach higher ground. Order and sanity, something to comfort me.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 94. Fuck smiley glad hands with hidden agendas.

94. Fuck smiley glad hands with hidden agendas.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Finding beauty in the dissonance

Finding beauty in the dissonance

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What's the difference?

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What's the difference?

Maynard James Keenan quotes: At some point, if you're lucky, you realize you're not the story. You're part of the story. The story is much bigger than you.

At some point, if you're lucky, you realize you're not the story. You're part of the story. The story is much bigger than you.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life. Open my eyes and blind me with your light and your lies.

Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life.
Open my eyes and blind me with your light
and your lies.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?

The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 112. I listened for the whisper, of your sweet insanity.

112. I listened for the whisper, of your sweet insanity.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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.

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.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 101. I may find peace with in the emptiness, how pitiful.

101. I may find peace with in the emptiness, how pitiful.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

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 quotes: One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it.

One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Life feeds on life ... feeds on life feeds on life ... this is neccesary ... this is necessary life feeds on life ... feeds on life

Life feeds on life ... feeds on life feeds on life ... this is neccesary ... this is necessary life feeds on life ... feeds on life

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.

I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.

I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.

I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I've always had an affinity for growing things.

I've always had an affinity for growing things.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability
To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.

Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.

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.

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.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.

We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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.

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.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Seems like Ive been here before. Seems so familiar. Seems like Im slipping into a dream within a dream.

Seems like Ive been here before.
Seems so familiar.
Seems like Im slipping
into a dream within a dream.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: There is still a future with music, because people want music.

There is still a future with music, because people want music.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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.

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.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.

I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.

The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 89. If God is our father you thought, than Satan must be our cousin.

89. If God is our father you thought, than Satan must be our cousin.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Sure, I love fairy tales.

Sure, I love fairy tales.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Prescott National Forest is right on the edge of my home in Arizona.

Prescott National Forest is right on the edge of my home in Arizona.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers

Cold silence has a tendency to
atrophy any
sense of compassion
between supposed lovers

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 108. You minimize my moves in anyway, I must persuade you another way.

108. You minimize my moves in anyway, I must persuade you another way.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Life is too short not to create something with every breath we draw.

Life is too short not to create something with every breath we draw.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.

It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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.

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.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect.

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Do unto others what has been done to you,

Do unto others what has been done to you,

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away.

Knuckle deep inside the borderline.
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to.
Relax. Slip away.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.

Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same. - A Perfect Circle.

Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back,
A name in your recollection, down among a million same. - A Perfect Circle.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it.

I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it.

Maynard James Keenan quotes: 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

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.