But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

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.

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.

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