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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.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
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Circles
Together
Individuals
Music
Complete
Something
Create
Make
Came
People
Five
Musically
Perfect
Individual
Circle

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