142 Quotes by Maynard James Keenan

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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