142 Quotes by 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.

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

It’s a purging of sorts. Like, when you’re all done doing your laundry and it’s fresh and bright, but washing the clothes, you wouldn’t want to get in while it’s spinning around.

I think there’s a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There’s something transcendent about it. It’s sort of the way that music is more than the sum of its parts. You have all these elements that make up the terroir that wine can communicate.

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

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

I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don’t honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It’s the music business celebrating itself.

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

I’m not an educated man. I only know what I’m told, and I’m not told that much; I have no frame of reference for how to place things in history be a responsible leader. All I can do is be an artist.