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I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something
Maynard James Keenan
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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
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James Herbert Keenan
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I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
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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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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.
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A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.
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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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Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
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The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug.
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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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Because as an only child, you have your own little world.
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Finding beauty in the dissonance.
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You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.
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