A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.
Maynard James Keenan

A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.
Maynard James Keenan

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

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

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.
Maynard James Keenan

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

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

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

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.
Maynard James Keenan

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.
Maynard James Keenan

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

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.
Maynard James Keenan

I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.
Maynard James Keenan

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

I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.
Maynard James Keenan

I have the distinction of being called a media whore by Courtney Love.
Maynard James Keenan

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.
Maynard James Keenan

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.
Maynard James Keenan

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.
Maynard James Keenan

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