“Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same." - A Perfect Circle.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“A lot of people into Tool, for some reason, are not interested in humor.”

“Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same." - A Perfect Circle.”

“So crucify the ego, before it's far too late,To leave behind this place so negative and blindAnd cynical - and you will come to find that, We are all one mind capable of All that's imagined and all conceivable,Just let the light touch youAnd let the words spill through,And let them pass right throughBringing out our hope and reason,Before we pine away”

“...music, if it really resonates, will beat somewhere right near your heartbeat. That music will make sense to you...because it's in rhythm with your soul.”