Quotes

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

I'm not a good guitar player.

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.

Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.

I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.

Fine art is really something I want to get into.

Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel.

The Melvins are grunge.

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.

I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.

We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.

I've never worried about how long the song is.

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.

As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I like to see that someone's put a lot of labor into making something.

I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.

I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.