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. Maynard James Keenan More Quotes by Maynard James Keenan More Quotes From Maynard James Keenan I think that every collective that you witness occurring on a stage, it's not about any one of the individuals. There's something that's happened that's kind of put all that stuff together into a much bigger result ... some alchemy. Maynard James Keenan together stuff thinking Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What’s the difference? Maynard James Keenan differences mirrors liars Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves. Maynard James Keenan book people thinking Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused. Maynard James Keenan confused giving father 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 education kids school 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. Maynard James Keenan leader artist men Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them. Maynard James Keenan artist hurt people To put things back into perspective, back when we as people were struggling to survive through winters, or even through the night, I feel like there's a lot of whining about whether or not you use Asian or the words Asian or Oriental, and how it's going to offend somebody, I mean give me - I mean, just shut up. Maynard James Keenan struggle winter mean Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life. Maynard James Keenan eye lying jesus I feel like there's no real innovation in having some music. It's more just unique personalities and unique expressions, and you being able to tell your story. Maynard James Keenan unique real expression Prescott National Forest is right on the edge of my home in Arizona. Maynard James Keenan arizona home forests I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it. Maynard James Keenan rooted ego feels Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on life Maynard James Keenan positive-atheism atheism But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it. Maynard James Keenan situation italian hot Seems like Ive been here before. Maynard James Keenan slipping familiar dream 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. Maynard James Keenan elements wine thinking 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 only-child children thinking Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. Maynard James Keenan delicate ego actors All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but as an artist, I can express how. But I couldn't responsibly stand up and tell people which way to go, because then I'm just as guilty as the people who are telling everybody else what to do and where to go. Maynard James Keenan smell artist people Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect Maynard James Keenan strange shows sometimes
