99 Quotes by Devin Townsend

I think that when I got to a certain age, it was important to me to sort of analyze my relationship with myself and my past.

Music is so important to me that that's got to be the only way I can do it. In the purest possible way.

I have, like, three or four friends and am a very private person.

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

Luckily, my creative juices are pretty much on tap. If I'm compelled to do something, I can go for it and get it done.

I've always loved the sound of female vocals.

As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.

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 sounding like they're screaming or whatever.

I spent a great deal of my career willingly ignoring the fact that people are participating in it, because it allows me to function without second-guessing it, without thinking, 'Oh, I wonder what people are gonna think of this,' or, 'I wonder what people aren't gonna think of this.'