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Seems like Ive been here before. Seems so familiar. Seems like Im slipping into a dream within a dream.

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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Within
Dream
Seems
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Slipping

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Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.
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