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.

We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.

I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself.

One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it.