8 Quotes & Sayings By Maynard James Keenan

Maynard James Keenan is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, painter and author. He was the lead vocalist for the alternative metal band Tool during its active years from 1990 to 2003. The band broke up in 2002 after releasing nine studio albums. Keenan has since continued his involvement with music by being the lead vocalist for Puscifer, which he founded in May 2007 Read more

He also performs under the pseudonym NINa. Keenan's first book, The Road of Excess: A Memoir in Art and Spirit , was published in October 2010 by Da Capo Press.

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write...
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And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. Maynard James Keenan
...music, if it really resonates, will beat somewhere right near...
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...music, if it really resonates, will beat somewhere right near your heartbeat. That music will make sense to you...because it's in rhythm with your soul. Maynard James Keenan
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So crucify the ego, before it's far too late, To leave behind this place so negative and blind And cynical - and you will come to find that, We are all one mind capable of All that's imagined and all conceivable, Just let the light touch you And let the words spill through, And let them pass right through Bringing out our hope and reason, Before we pine away Maynard James Keenan
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Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same." - A Perfect Circle. Maynard James Keenan
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A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor. Maynard James Keenan
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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. Maynard James Keenan
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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