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Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
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Record Producer
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Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
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All I can do is say I smell a rat. I don't know where it is or what kind of rat it is, but as an artist, I can express how. But I couldn't responsibly stand up and tell people which way to go, because then I'm just as guilty as the people who are telling everybody else what to do and where to go.
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If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
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I'm not an educated man. I only know what I'm told, and I'm not told that much I have no frame of reference for how to place things in history be a responsible leader. All I can do is be an artist.
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I believe that when you go into a gallery or a museum, the most powerful pieces are the ones that don't have the words in the corner that distract you from the larger piece.
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Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away.
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It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.
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Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves.
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I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
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Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
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I think that people get outraged over things. I think what we really need is a kind of borderline extinction level event to get people back to caring about what really matters.
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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.
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