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
Do unto others what has been done to you,
I think that every collective that you witness occurring on a stage, it's not about any one of the individuals. There's something that's happened that's kind of put all that stuff together into a much bigger result ... some alchemy.
But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.
I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.
The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?
Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud And I swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me.
We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool.
I feel like there's no real innovation in having some music. It's more just unique personalities and unique expressions, and you being able to tell your story.
There is still a future with music, because people want music
I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something
I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.
Sure, I love fairy tales.
After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.
I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.