Devin Townsend Quotes

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Devin Townsend

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 5, 1972

I think that religion is incredibly cruel, and I think that my biggest problem with being vegetarian, usually, is other vegetarians.

Devin Townsend

If there's anybody who's new to what I do, who maybe heard 'Liberation' or some of the songs off 'Epicloud' and thought, 'This is really cool, I could get into this,' you're going to hate 'Casualties.'

Devin Townsend

Not only was it Def Leppard I was into when I was 15, but 'Watermark' by Enya. I loved it.

Devin Townsend

I'm just a perpetually confused and terrified person that is trying to be less so all the time, and music is the byproduct of that.

Devin Townsend

A lot of people are upset when you work out your anger issues, but there's a big industry for music which is furious and angry because, in my opinion, the world is looking for a justification to feel the same way.

Devin Townsend

For me, the opportunity to express myself in this way is something I don't take for granted.

Devin Townsend

Enya was a huge deal for me. That kind of woman vocals and how wide those productions were.

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I've always been into easy music. When I was 15, the record for me was 'Hysteria' by Def Leppard.

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For me, the one thing I've got going for me in terms of my attributes as a musician is vision.

Devin Townsend

Producing is getting the performances, tracking it, making sure all the parts are there. Mixing is when you take the finished work, and you make sure all the levels are right. It's putting all the parts together.

Devin Townsend

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 out in very practical ways that you are accountable for everything you say. Everything you write, everything you do becomes not only your identity but your world resonates with it.

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People talk about the Ozzfest and what it can do for your career, and I guess I'm just oblivious to it.

Devin Townsend

The records I make, I'm there from the writing of the first note through the click tracks to the miking of the drums to the editing of everything to the production to the vocals to the artwork.

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The reason why everything I do is so different is not because I'm trying to be provocative; it's simply a reflection of whatever was happening to me at the time I wrote that particular record.

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I have a job - it's a great job, and I love doing it - but I can't not work. That's not psychological; that's practical.

Devin Townsend

One thing that's really important for me to be creatively motivated is to find an angle. Some people refer to that as a concept, which it is, in a sense, but not overtly. It's just something I need to focus and hone in on, and the trajectory of what might be seen as a 'concept' gives me creative momentum.

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The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I just bring it into rehearsal. It's, like, 'Okay, guys. It goes like this. Let's smooth it out.'

Devin Townsend

Because I have been so pigheaded and so selfish about so many things for so many years, I've spent a lot of time being, like, 'That person needs to change. This person needs to change.'

Devin Townsend

The thing is, I'm equally disgusted by both men and women.

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Human beings are gross.

Devin Townsend