Quotes from Maynard James Keenan

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

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

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

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.

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.

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

I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.

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.

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

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

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.