I drew the curtains to conceal the sight of my father's farewell; my spite was sharp as broken glass.
Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.
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.
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself.
I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.
One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, `I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm going to do some films,' and his audience is very forgiving, because they understand him as an artist. Whether you agree or like the result, you respect that he's expressing his artistic feelings.
There's always somebody in your life you know that just, somehow, you know, they're just that borderline sociopath that just wants what they want and doesn't care about relationships. Everybody has several of those people in their life.
Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men. ' The writing is so precise, and the story so carefully crafted, that I don't think there's room - or need - for ad libbing. I could never come up with dialogue as lovely as these writers do, anyway.
He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.
I often take exercise. Why only yesterday I had breakfast in bed.
My father beat me with a curtain rod when I was nine, (That was) the inspiration for Creep