Maynard James Keenan Quotes & Sayings

“A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.”

“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.”

“People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.”

“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'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.”

“Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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