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
For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.
After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.
Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.
Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.
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.
I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something
There is still a future with music, because people want music
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.
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.
Sure, I love fairy tales.