Maynard James Keenan: Quotes about music

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“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.”

Maynard James Keenan

Matthew Lickona (December 24, 2008) "Hedonistic" http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/dec/24/Hedonistic/, San Diego Reader.

Religion , Music , Way , Communication

“One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, `I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm going to do some films,' and his audience is very forgiving, because they understand him as an artist. Whether you agree or like the result, you respect that he's expressing his artistic feelings.”

Maynard James Keenan

The Record staff (March 22, 2000) "Music News & Notes", The Record, p. Y4.

Music , Feeling , Forgiveness , Understanding

“For the music, it’s not about the individual — so the more you let the music speak for yourself, the more powerful the music will be.”

Maynard James Keenan

Carl Kozlowski (September 11, 2008) "Taste in the making: Tool’s Maynard James Keenan shifts his focus from writing dark lyrics to creating zesty wines" http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/taste_in_the_making/6378/, Pasadena Weekly. Southland Publishing.

Music

“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.”

Maynard James Keenan

Steve Morse ( November 15, 1996) "Sonic Evolution With the Use of Tool", Boston Globe, p. D14.

Music , Feeling