Top 50 Quotes by Maynard James Keenan

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.

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

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

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

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

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.

I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.

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

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.