Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan, often referred to by his initials MJK, is an American musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning progressive metal band Tool. He is originally from Ohio, but spent his high school and college years in Michigan. After serving in the United States Army in the early 1980s, he attended Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1988 to pursue a career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth17 April 1964
CountryUnited States of America
Maynard James Keenan quotes about
Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.
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.
The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that.
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.
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.
Do unto others what has been done to you,
Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What’s the difference?
Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.
After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.
Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.
You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.
I've always had an affinity for growing things.
Novell has the necessary resources to be a much more profitable enterprise but it currently lacks the vision, strategy and execution to produce respectable returns.
It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.