James Herbert Keenan Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
April 17, 1964

James Herbert Keenan (born April 17, 1964), known professionally as Maynard James Keenan or MJK, is an American singer songwriter and the vocalist for the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. In addition to his music career, Keenan has ventured into fields such as acting, improvisational sketch comedy, and winemaking. He currently owns Merkin Vineyards and the associated winery Caduceus Cellars. Since rising to fame, he has been noted as being reclusive; however, he does emerge for the occasional interview and to support charitable causes.

Also known as Vocalist

Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same.

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- Name
- Back
- Obvious
...music, if it really resonates, will beat somewhere right near your heartbeat. That music will make sense to you...because it's in rhythm with your soul.

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- Music
- Soul
- Heartbeat

I needed to get it out. It was that tipping point where you either become a serial killer or a rock star.

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- Rock Star
- Killer
Scramble to reach higher ground. Order and sanity, something to comfort me.

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- Order
- Sanity
- Scramble
People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.

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- People
- Hearts
- Follow
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.

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- Pain
- Body
- Illusion
I may find peace with in the emptiness, how pitiful.

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- Peace
- Emptiness
Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.

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- Believe
- Mind
- Beliefs

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

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- Father
- Free
- Confused
Fuck smiley glad hands with hidden agendas.

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- Smiley
I listened for the whisper, of your sweet insanity.

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- Insanity
- Whisper
If God is our father you thought, than Satan must be our cousin.

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- God
- Father
- Satan
I'll keep digging, 'till I feel something.

James Herbert Keenan Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty
- Feel
- Digging
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.

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- Silence
- Lovers
- Brothers

You answer your own questions.

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- Questions
- Answer
You minimize my moves in anyway, I must persuade you another way.

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- Moves
- Persuade
And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

James Herbert Keenan Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty
- Live
- Write
At some point, if you're lucky, you realize you're not the story. You're part of the story. The story is much bigger than you.

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- Story
- Lucky
- Part