Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan, often referred to by his initials MJK, is an American musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning progressive metal band Tool. He is originally from Ohio, but spent his high school and college years in Michigan. After serving in the United States Army in the early 1980s, he attended Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1988 to pursue a career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth17 April 1964
CountryUnited States of America
Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away.
I've always had an affinity for growing things.
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.
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.
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.
Novell has the necessary resources to be a much more profitable enterprise but it currently lacks the vision, strategy and execution to produce respectable returns.
Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.
Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.
A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.
It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son.
You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.
Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.
We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.