Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
For me, the one thing I've got going for me in terms of my attributes as a musician is vision. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I really like the art of music, the way that you can express yourself through music. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I've always been into easy music. When I was 15, the record for me was 'Hysteria' by Def Leppard. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Music is so important to me that that's got to be the only way I can do it. In the purest possible… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
When I make music, I tend to make music that are really over the top. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I've been making music for so long, and the main hurdles I've run when dealing with any public exposure is that many… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I made 'Epicloud' for the people that have listened to what I've done because I really think that this style of music… — 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… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
With 'Epicloud,' I wanted something catchy as the flu but with a sentiment that is romantic, positive, and beautiful. Spiritual without religion… — 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… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I think that the pivotal point of me in terms of the choral stuff is that I was involved in this provincial… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I'm very creative - making music, making puppets, that's my thing - but mainstream success and the demands that brings? No, not… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I'm just a perpetually confused and terrified person that is trying to be less so all the time, and music is the… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
While I was recording 'Ziltoid,' the movie 'Mars Attacks' came on TV, I think, six times in one week. So I don't… — 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… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
'Deconstruction' is a really heavy record, a real symphony in a lot of ways, but with heavy musicians from the metal world… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
The bottom line is music, for me, is an exhaust port for life, and if I have a chaotic year, then I'm… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
As someone whose music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
If you're making music strictly to make money, you might as well find another job. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I'm really into music, I'm really into art, and I want to keep that fire alive. — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I think that the world is full of really, really good musicians, but that's not necessarily my motivation for having people involved.… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
“To be a vessel, a conduit to a collective unconscious where all the music had seemingly existed for eternity, seemed a fantastic… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
A lot of people are upset when you work out your anger issues, but there's a big industry for music which is… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
“For me as a musician, there is this weird transition thing. I mean, I love to make music and everyday that goes… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
I don't deal with conflict well, so sometimes things will happen that will make me feel sort of powerless. But instead of… — 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
