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You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
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Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
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Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.
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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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I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it.
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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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There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist.
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Finding beauty in the dissonance.
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Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.
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Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life. Open my eyes and blind me with your light and your lies.
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