Tool’s Maynard James Keenan On Sustainable Living, Bowie, & Legacies

In a new video piece from Revolver, Tool and A Perfect Circle leader Maynard James Keenan provides a window into his sustainable lifestyle in rural Arizona and discusses winemaking, David Bowie, and his philosophy on legacies.

There is plenty of good news for fans as well. Keenan admits in the video, "I'm always writing. I'm working with Tool, Perfect Circle, Puscifer all the time, just slowly hedging our way through it all to present. If I was just doing those things, you start to run out of actual life experiences. All you're going to write about is the bus or a f***** up lawsuit, you just kind of lose your way, become disconnected. This is the reconnect."

That "reconnect" is the community Keenan is building and growing as a winemaker in Arizona. And while he is aware of the rich musical legacy he's created, he also understands the limits of a singular artist's influence when compared to the legacy a sustainable community of craftsman can cultivate. In this video, he uses the legacy of one of his heroes, David Bowie, as an example.

"As a legacy, I feel like some of the music we've done will live on its own," Keenan explains, "but I feel like, using Bowie as an example. Bowie passes away, people like up to freak out that he's gone and they're reverent about what he's done. In a way, that's done. He can't do any more. He's no longer here. There is a reverence to him… but that's kind of one direction. What we've done, or what we're setting up as a community here… there might be some founders of that movement, but if we are no longer here there are people that continue what we've started. So in a way, that's more of a legacy because you've actually established something that can continue 100, 200 years beyond you."

Tool’s Maynard James Keenan On Sustainable Living, Bowie, & Legacies

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