My dad's side of the family were calm folk from England, but the other side just loved to party. Somewhere between those two factions is me. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I really like female singers; I've got zero interest in working with male singers. Any male voice I need to do, I can do. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
It's like... to make a good record - I don't care who you are - it takes a long time and a lot of… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I like Canada for a number of reasons, politics and people and all that stuff aside. I was raised there, and I write music… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I guess I'm not really into female vocals that sound masculine, I guess. A lot of times, the heavy female vocalists always end up… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
For me, music is about expressing the inexpressible, and as I get older, man, what I feel the need to express becomes less and… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of options, to be honest. The more options that I have, the less time that I spend actually completing… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I'm good at what I do but, to be honest, not a whole hell of a lot else! — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
After Strapping, the amount of things in my life had changed were more than I'd ever had to process in any one time, and… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
In Strapping, I had experimented with a creative catharsis under the assumption that art doesn't need to be accountable for itself, but I found… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
When I was going to high school, in the high school band we would play these kind of hour-long concerts for our parents. All… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I think when music, specifically heavy music, the motivation for it is other than truly feeling it, that's when it becomes really difficult for… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Strapping Young Lad is a vehicle for me to be wild and extroverted and ridiculous. It gives me the chance to say, 'Look at… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
