Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

• The idea is, if I can't heal from my art, then how can you heal?
• Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.
• 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.
• If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.
• The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.
• Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.
• There is still a future with music, because people want music.
• 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.
• But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.
• 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.