The sincerity of delivery is what always strikes me when I hear a good band. It’s artist-expression driven, as opposed to being record-producer driven. There’s a huge difference. One’s motivation is impure, while the other is the highest form of expression, so that’s what you aim for. Danny Carey Read Quote
Most of the parts are really gone over and over and over again with Tool. It’s a very composed situation. We spend weeks if not months working on all those songs. There’s not much room for improvisation. Danny Carey Read Quote
It drove me mad not being able to know more about Pink Floyd when I was a little kid. But that’s the great thing – there was this mystery behind it, and we couldn’t find out enough. It made your mind work, it made you seek after it or try to interpret it. It made you envision or imagine what they were doing. Danny Carey Read Quote
We rarely write in the studio. Everything’s already completely arranged before we go in. That way, we can really focus on getting the recording right. Danny Carey Read Quote
We’re dealing with the chaos of life, and we’re rubbing it down. The deeper you rub, the more patterns you can see until you realize that it’s really an organized chaos. There isn’t really ever any chance to understand it all, but we’re here to keep rubbing. Danny Carey Read Quote
We try to write things that can be interpreted on lots of different levels. There’s not a right way or a wrong way… people can adventure a little. Danny Carey Read Quote
We’re not really in the business to sell ourselves. We want to sell what we work on. Danny Carey Read Quote
