You Know, I Grew Up Listening To

But You Know, I'm The Negative-nancy, Curmudgeon, Glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it Guy - Which Is Basically The Fuel That Fires Me Up Anyway. Without That, We Wouldn't Have Me.

I Think Artists Are Going To Express Things From An Emotional Point Of View, That's Their Job, To Suggest And Interpret, And Report What They Witness. That's Their Job As Artists, You're Looking For The Rub, Where's The Rub, You're A Storyteller, You're Looking For The Rub, Not Necessarily The Solutions, Or You're Not Necessarily Educated, You're Not The Winner Of A Debate Contest, A National Debate Contest, You're Not Necessarily A Person Who Has A Doctorate In Anything.

It's A Purging Of Sorts. Like, When You're All Done Doing Your Laundry And It's Fresh And Bright, But Washing The Clothes, You Wouldn't Want To Get In While It's Spinning Around.

The Process That We Go Through In Recording With Tool Is Very Organic, But At The Same Time It Is Very Thought Out. There Is A Very Left-brain Process Of Dissecting What We're Doing And Drawing From Source Material; It's Very Research Oriented And Esoteric.

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.