Musician

When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.

All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.

I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.

As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

I'm not a good guitar player.

We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us.

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.