#y

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

I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#i #legend #yet

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

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

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