#th

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

— Maynard James Keenan

#heal #how #i #idea #then

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

— Maynard James Keenan

#live #nothing #write #you

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

— Maynard James Keenan

#historical #i #i see #lot #nation

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#inspired #music #our #our music #release

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

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#change #common #cultures #different #different cultures

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

#archetypes #back #europe #go #greek

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#delicate #egos #these