Maynard James Keenan: Art, Music, and Mind

Revolver magazine described Maynard as a “let the music do the talking” kind of guy (Langer 63). The fall of Rome, the fall of Germany — the fall of the ruling country, the people who think they can do whatever they want without anybody else's consent. I suppose I could repeat myself over and over again, but what's the point of that? The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal? So I've worked some things out and moved on (Loader 1). ” One year after Tool released their latest work, Lateralus. One thing that Maynard said to MTV that I remember very well is, “I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. I just think it's really unfair for my child to have to be victimized by my career — you know, here you are signing autographs in the 7-11. “Van Gogh cut off his own ear and sent it to a lover. When I bring up the band Tool, they say something like, “Oh, yeah, that’s that band that like worships Satan and stuff, huh?” These are the uneducated people who don’t look past their closed mind to open their own mind. Just dig deeper and search for the meaning within all of it. Isn’t organized religion and oxymoron? He goes by the books and adds that very well to his music. Give it a chance and the music never lets you down. The mid-west is Bush-Cheney country. That's the main reason for the makeup, the wigs, the bras, whatever you've seen in the past with Tool.