“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.

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