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Maynard James Keenan

"Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them."

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"Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them."

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