In a live interview conducted a few months ago, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer frontman, and wine guru, Maynard James Kennan revealed how he avoids being disturbed while writing music for his bands like Tool and A Perfect Circle. Alternative Nation reporter Mike Mazzarone transcribed Kennan’s comments when he discussed living in Sedona, Arizona.
“There is definitely an environmental influence but I wouldn’t really call it isolated. I do a lot of traveling. Just now with the internet and everything that goes on. I live in Sedona which is second most visited spot in Arizona besides the major cities, so it’s pretty busy.
As far as being able to find head-space, to clear out all the noise I can do that anywhere, really. Just sit in my truck, with a thing called a compact disk and this thing called a pen and some paper on the clipboard and just try and work on stuff in my truck. Which is really the best place to be.
If you’re on your computer, you’re in your house, you can be disturbed but seeing someone across the way in a vehicle, by himself, muttering, no one approaches that person.”
He laughed and added, “Me time, it’s all good.”
