Keenan Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet. — Tracy Keenan Wynn

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

It sounds like you aren't used to having something so powerful between your legs," Abbey said. "Maybe you should let me drive. — Shawn Keenan

Did you ever think" ... "That Keenan didn't fall because he was being punished?" ... "Maybe ... " ... "Just maybe he fell because he was favored. — Cynthia Eden

My children's faces are private candles i sometimes worship at ... — Deborah Keenan

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

Finding beauty in the dissonance — Maynard James Keenan

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

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

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

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

She looks like she bathes. Maybe in a tub of puppies' tears, though. - Jayke Wolff — Shawn Keenan

Not 'Don' in that I-m-sorry-and-now-you'll-forgive-me-like-you-always-do-way. Not this time, Keenan.
(Donya) — Melissa Marr

He leaned back for a moment to tug her shirt down her arms, with the same wicked, lovley smile that had first stolen her breath years ago. — Melissa Marr

Without this differentiation, you have nothing. You're average, and average ain't gonna win the race. — Jim Keenan

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

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

Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells ... Easy to crush. — Melissa Marr

Once again Chile reduces us to what R. L. Stevenson called 'the virginity of senses' where words cannot match the impressions received. — Brian Keenan

Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings. — Marc Crawford

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

Gilbert, as a rule, used money the way women use pepper spray; he liked having some handy but only produced it when physically threatened. — Joe Keenan

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

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

I like to quote Shakespeare. But in this case, the rapper Eminem said it best: Words are a motherfucker. — Jillian Keenan

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

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

Photo of POTUS mtg w speechwriters Cody Keenan and Jon Favreau today. — Pete Souza

Sure, I love fairy tales. — Maynard James Keenan

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

Mortals don't see the fey. Donia smiled wryly: if they did, Keenan would never have convinced any of them to trust him. — Melissa Marr

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

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

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

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

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

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

You. I've spent my life waiting for you.' -Keenan — Melissa Marr

If he (George Keenan)felt on occasion more than a little uncomfortable when being listened to, then he was truly unhappy when not being listened to. — David Halberstam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In poetry you can leave out everything but the truth. — Deborah Keenan

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

Why don't you just put me down for a couple of boxes of cookies and go earn your next patch bothering someone else." - Jayke Wolff — Shawn Keenan

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

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

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

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

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. — Maynard James Keenan

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

My fealty to the Summer Court is rescinded. You are my King no more. — Melissa Marr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women in America ... cannot trust Mitt Romney to protect our health. — Nancy Keenan

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

Being that most everyone knew Latvian and Russian, it was the only indication. — Jeff Keenan

The longing to be holy makes us weep, and we trust tears since they are made of water and come from our body, a double blessing. — Deborah Keenan

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

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

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

I'm really appreciative you're taking me and everything, but I'm not exactly a beck-and-call girl. - Abbey to Kip - — Shawn Keenan

You already gave me forever, Aislinn. I'm asking for a chance at right now. — Melissa Marr

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

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

I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen. — Melissa Marr

You're going to be too busy being at my beck and call to worry about doing any driving. — Shawn Keenan

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

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. — Maynard James Keenan

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

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

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

That's a pretty serious club, requiring tattoos. I thought only math club did that. - Jayke to Amber- — Shawn Keenan

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

You know how it is with fights, though; they're like wells - easy to fall into, and nearly impossible to climb out. "He — Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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