Author: Maynard James Keenan

Quotes

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.

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

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

- Maynard James Keenan

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.

- Maynard James Keenan

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

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

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.

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

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

- Maynard James Keenan

We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.

We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.

- Maynard James Keenan

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

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

- Maynard James Keenan

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