The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

Whenever you try to work through the things that we're trying to work through, that we're addressing, it ends up looking negative. Our goal is nonjudgment, nonfiltered acceptance of everything. So much of our background collectively, especially in the United States, is denying and suppressing and disowning a lot of negativity and the darker areas. You can become swallowed up in it. It's cancerous. The goal should be to define acceptance for everything. To try and consider every aspect. To try to look into the shadows, as well as the light.

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me. What’s the difference?