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Tool Quotes




Tool Song Quotes

"You claimed all this time
that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised
when you hear your own eulogy?"
-Tool
from Eulogy (1996)
"This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
Embrace this moment. Remember, we are eternal.
All this pain is an illusion."
-Tool
from Parabola (2001)
"Some say we'll see armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation"
-Tool
from Aenema (2014)
"How can this mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?"
-Tool
from Stinkfist (1996)
"I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well"
-Tool
from Sober (1993)
"I know the pieces fit
'Cause I watched them fall away"
-Tool
from Schism (2001)
"The deceiver says, he says
You belong to me
You don't wanna breathe the light of the others"
-Tool
from Fear Inoculum (2019)
"I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive
even if signs seem to tell me otherwise."
-Tool
from Prison Sex (1993)
"A tempest must be true to its nature"
-Tool
from 7empest (2019)
"False hope, perhaps
But the truth never got in my way"
-Tool
from Invincible (2019)
"Wake up remember
We are born of one breath, one word
We are all one spark, sun becoming"
-Tool
from Pneuma (2019)


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Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan.

Tool has won three Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries.

Patrick Donovan of The Age describes them as "the thinking person's metal band. Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, melodic and abrasive, tender and brutal, familiar and strange, western and eastern, beautiful and ugly, taut yet sprawling and epic, they are a tangle of contradictions."
-Wikipedia
Members:
Maynard James Keenan -
lead vocals (1990-present)

Adam Jones -
guitar (1990-present)

Danny Carey -
drums, percussion (1990-present)

Justin Chancellor -
bass (1995-present)
Genre(s): Alternative metal, art rock, progressive metal, progressive rock
Formed: 1990 in Los Angeles when drummer Danny Carey joined the rehearsal of his neighbour, singer Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, and Paul d'Amour
Active From: 1990-present
Associated Acts: A Perfect Circle, Green Jelly, Puscifer
Influences: Melvins, King Crimson
Awards:
1998
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance (Ænema)

2002
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance (Schism)

2007
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package (10,000 Days)
Quotes:
Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music. It doesn't matter if it is a video or if it's lyrics. The lyrics for "Schism" are nothing more than my interpretation of the music. 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.
-Maynard

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect. Sometimes you're playing in the sunshine. Something that just doesn't seem to go with our sound. It isn't worse; it's just different, absolutely different. Then there are some days when we really don't want to go on stage at all, when we feel terrible and think we really shouldn't play. And pretty often those shows turn out to be absolute highlights.
-Maynard

I don't care at all. We're just four guys and we are enjoying what we're doing with Tool. We are eager to learn about ourselves and to learn about music, about life, about everything. And, of course, we always hope that we can change something for the better through our music, give someone else some inspiration. 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.
-Maynard

Nothing ever happens smoothly or perfectly fine, but it all makes sense. I believe everything happens for a reason, no matter if it's good or bad. There is no point in trying to change the past because if something would have happened differently, we wouldn't be here now; we wouldn't be talking. You never know what would be or what would change, if you could go back in time and just change one single thing.
-Maynard