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Maynard James Keenan

James Herbert Keenan (born April 17, 1964), known professionally as Maynard James Keenan or MJK, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, and winemaker. He is best known as the vocalist for the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.

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It's a purging of sorts. Like, when you're all done doing your laundry and it's fresh and bright, but washing the clothes, you wouldn't want to get in while it's spinning around.

Clothes, Done, Like, Purging, Sorts, Spinning Around

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

Country, Forget, People, Race, Tend

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Actually, Funny, Stand

I've always had an affinity for growing things.

Affinity, Growing, Growing Things, Things

I think there's a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There's something transcendent about it. It's sort of the way that music is more than the sum of its parts. You have all these elements that make up the terroir that wine can communicate.

Elements, Make, Religions, Thinking, Way, Wine

The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

Fall, Falling In Love, Record, Records, Rich

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

Inspired, Music, Release, Tool, Tools

The process that we go through in recording with Tool is very organic, but at the same time it is very thought out. There is a very left-brain process of dissecting what we're doing and drawing from source material; it's very research oriented and esoteric.

Brain, Dissecting, Drawing, Recording, Thought, Tools

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

Follow, Funny Inspirational, Heart, Hearts, People

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

Artist, Wanted

You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

Able, Having, Higher, Listening, Power, Waffles

So crucify the ego, before its 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 thats 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.

Bringing, Cynical, Ego, Leave, Light, Place

There's conflict in everything, just trying to buy a used car you deal with people that you don't want to deal with, you know, that's just the way of life, nothing stops changing, you're always going to have the conflict till your last breath, I mean on your deathbed, arguing with the doctor who's going to pay the bill, you know, it's just the reality of it, so none of that ever goes away.

Conflict, Doctors, Everything, Mean, People, Reality

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

Listening, Magic, Music, Play, Spreads

All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but as an artist, I can express how. But I couldn't responsibly stand up and tell people which way to go, because then I'm just as guilty as the people who are telling everybody else what to do and where to go.

Artist, Everybody, Know, People, Smell, Way

I think the biggest problem working with me would be that I'm an only child, and so I have an internal dialogue that goes on that I just assume you can hear.

Children, Goes On, Internal, Problem, Think, Thinking

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

Actors, Appendages, Delicate, Ego, Egos

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

Brain, Function, Listening, Music, Reading

Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music.

Adam, Doe, Lyrics, Music, Same, Video

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What’s the difference?

Differences, Liar, Liars, Mirror, Mirrors, Show

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