Quotations

Adam Jones

• "The best thing about [Tool] is that no matter how many albums we sell, or how many tours we headline, our focus remains on the music."
• "Our music is designed to inspire - to create thought - and no matter where we are, and how many people may be in the audience, thats where our efforts go."
• "...when we started the band we all had our own jobs. We did this as a side project, we never intended to get signed. It was all about the music, music that inspires and music that creates thought..."
• "...we're all individuals and have our own opinions. We end up meeting in the middle and producing what you hear as Tool..."

• "...I'm sorry. Could you repeat the question? I was thinking of something else..."
• "...I lost my copy of "The Joyful Guide to Lacrymology" in the Castaic Lake brush fire along with many of my personal belongings. If someone could mail me a copy of the book, I would greatly appreciate it..."

Danny Carey

• "...no recording can capture what happens in a room with four people who have a similar cause and believe in it. Especially the way we play. Live is what our band is about..."
• "...kids will mosh to anything these days, but there are those people in the crowd that the music reaches on a deeper psychological and subconscious level..."
• "...the band is strong right now, all the cylinders are firing. There's more focus than there was ever before. The projects are only going to get bigger and better..."
• "...we're one of the few bands who hasn't had to play any lame fashion games, we've always been able to put art first..."

• "...I can't wait to get on with touring because it's the communion of our music on a much more personal level in a greater way than recording..."
• "...I've never come across or been part of a collection of souls so diverse in character and belief that possess the ability to mutually accommodate those differences and evolve them into positive creativity..."