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Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
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Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
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