A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.

But I'm a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, I'm going to make something out of it.

I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself.

People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to Wal-Mart, so be it.

There is still a future with music, because people want music

I think there's a reason why wine figures into so many religions. There's something transcendent about it. It's sort of the way that music is more than the sum of its parts. You have all these elements that make up the terroir that wine can communicate.

We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.