142 Quotes by Maynard James Keenan

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

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

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.

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.

I've always had an affinity for growing things.

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

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

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

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