“Every record I've ever done with Tool has been on tape.” — Danny Carey

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.

You can equate our music to childbirth. It's brutal and harsh, but there's still a beautiful thing occurring.

Those late '60s early '70s bands would take it really far out and get super-weird.

It seems like on every record we have this big, epic thing like 'Rosetta,' 'Wings For Marie' or 'Lateralus.'