#ow

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

#charge #comes #definitely #education #get

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#hearts #lead #people #their #them

The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#heal #how #i #idea #then

Because as an only child, you have your own little world. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#child #little #only #own #world

But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#basically #fires #fuel #guy #i

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#clowns #emulate #fellow #hope #i

I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#easier #i #in the past #lot #now

I've always had an affinity for growing things. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#always #growing #had #i #things

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

— Maynard James Keenan

#even #half #just #like #million

One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#come #core #far #how #how far