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.
Maynard James 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

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

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

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
Maynard James Keenan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Maynard James Keenan

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

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