I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool.
Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.
Nowadays, you have to sell, like, half a million or a million records just to break even.
Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.
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.