A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

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

Desert, in generally, is a very good place to find yourself. Or lose yourself.

I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.