All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
Adam Jones

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
Adam Jones

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
Adam Jones

Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel.
Adam Jones

Doing the stereotypical solo bores me.
Adam Jones

I have a record company starting. It's called Flesh Records and I'm putting together music for porno movies.
Adam Jones

I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
Adam Jones

I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
Adam Jones

I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
Adam Jones

I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.
Adam Jones


I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
Adam Jones

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
Adam Jones

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
Adam Jones

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.
Adam Jones

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
Adam Jones

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
Adam Jones

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
Adam Jones

I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.
Adam Jones

I'm not a good guitar player.
Adam Jones

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
Adam Jones