Devin Townsend Quotes

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Devin Townsend

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 5, 1972

I have a real hard time with inter-personal relationships. I find it really taxing. Especially, like, friendships and being in bands.

Devin Townsend

I think, at the end of the day, that was really what the reward for production is for me, is being allowed to be a part of somebody else's musical vision for a while. Like Gwar. I got to do a Gwar record, right? That was great.

Devin Townsend

The risk a lot of times, in my mind - and I may be incorrect - the risk of challenging people directly with their beliefs is that society is such that there's too many of us, so a direct challenge automatically engages people's defenses.

Devin Townsend

People say, 'Well, why don't you talk about being vegetarian?' And I'm like, 'People will find out.' The people who are interested in what I do and why I do it, being a vegetarian is a big part of that.

Devin Townsend

Essentially, 'Z2' ended up feeling the way that it should, but it was through a considerable amount of trial and error that it took to get there.

Devin Townsend

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

Devin Townsend

For me, music is about expressing the inexpressible, and as I get older, man, what I feel the need to express becomes less and less poignant to others.

Devin Townsend

People are like, 'Nothing you've done is as good as you did when you were younger.' And I'm like, 'You may be right.'

Devin Townsend

When I make music, I tend to make music that are really over the top.

Devin Townsend

I made 'Epicloud' for the people that have listened to what I've done because I really think that this style of music fits well into my personal daily life and hopefully others.

Devin Townsend

I think a lot of the fun of making records, for me, is making each one of them a situation. For example, with 'Ghost,' I found a group of people that had an energy together, and we kind of did it in a cabin somewhere.

Devin Townsend

I think I've been playing bass for as long as I've played guitar, and I love them both.

Devin Townsend

As a drummer, I'm rhythmically so disabled that it's hilarious.

Devin Townsend

I play keyboards and Pro Tools, if you want to look at it as an instrument.

Devin Townsend

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

The album 'Physicist,' I erased all the work that I had done halfway through. I think that's probably why that contributed to that album being sort of sub-par for me, just because by the time I had to go back and do it, I was just over it.

Devin Townsend

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 things... ultimately, I think, if you have endless choices, I mean, the tendency to just choose endlessly is there, and that doesn't do anything for anybody, really.

Devin Townsend

For me, music is a byproduct of this process - the human process - and the fact that I've managed to eke out a career with it is a happy accident more than any strategy.

Devin Townsend