I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead. Maynard James Keenan More Quotes by Maynard James Keenan More Quotes From Maynard James Keenan A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor. Maynard James Keenan toolsreasonpeople I think people in general have neglected to learn about history. Maynard James Keenan neglectedpeoplethinking For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. Maynard James Keenan matterwritinglife There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent. Maynard James Keenan monkeysartistpeople 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. Maynard James Keenan adamvideodoe The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that. Maynard James Keenan disciplinearmythinking I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. Maynard James Keenan patternsbehaviorhistorical Novell has the necessary resources to be a much more profitable enterprise but it currently lacks the vision, strategy and execution to produce respectable returns. Maynard James Keenan executionreturnvision If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me. Don't judge or question. You are broken now, but faith can heal you. Just do everything I tell you to do. Maynard James Keenan brokenjudgingheaven Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud And I swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me. Maynard James Keenan atheismvoicestrong The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? Maynard James Keenan healideasart Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function. Maynard James Keenan readinglisteningbrain You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell. Maynard James Keenan grewgrew-uplistening But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people. Maynard James Keenan focusgovernmentpeople And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. Maynard James Keenan ifswriting Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even. Maynard James Keenan break-evenrecordshalf Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself. Maynard James Keenan losing-yourselffinding-yourselfdesert The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich. Maynard James Keenan richrecordsfalling-in-love I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour. Maynard James Keenan stylemediathinking Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music. Maynard James Keenan releaseinspiredtools
