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" Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect. "

Maynard James Keenan

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" There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist. "

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" Adam does most of the work when it comes to videos and he basically does the same as I do with the lyrics. The videos are his visual interpretations of our music. "

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" 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. "

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" And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about. "

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" I always knew that I wanted to be an artist. "

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