Maynard James Keenan Quotes

American - Musician | April 17, 1964 -

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

LifeThinkMediaMysteryGlamour

There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist.

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DoctorChoicesLawyerArtistNever

I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.

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CreativeCreateAlwaysSomething

Because as an only child, you have your own little world.

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ChildWorldYouLittleOwnBecause

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

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MusicThinkEverythingBigI Think

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.

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MeYouKnowWithoutUpGuy

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

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MusicListeningReadingProcessMore

One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it.

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IdentityChallengesPushHow FarSee

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

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LiveYouNothingWriteAbout

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

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FocusGovernmentPeopleEducatedUs

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.

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MusicTogetherPeoplePerfectCreate

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

Maynard James Keenan

ArtistAlwaysKnewWanted

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