#w

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#because #control #easily #educated #general

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#i #italian #make #nature #out

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

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

— Maynard James Keenan

#live #nothing #write #you

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#once #seriously #suffer #take #too

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

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

#anywhere #i #i am #i can #i write