Devin Townsend Quotes

I finally realized that not only was I passionate about music, but I had a unique way of thinking of music.

I do love dance music, but at the same time, I'm not looking to put out a big pop album. You've got to be the best you can be.

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

With me, I would never lose my sight of music.

I've dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.

I started bands at a pretty young age and played with my friends back in Detroit. I've always known that I wanted to do this. It was all I was ever interested in doing. I never had, outside of music, any extracurricular activities that I took part in.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing recitals at 8, 10 I picked up a guitar, 12 I picked up my first Pearl Master drum set. I was an artist before I was an 'artist.'

I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.

I realize that R&B is what I do best, and I'm comfortable with that.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

If I could sing, I wouldn't be a guitarist.

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me.

I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician.

My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

Someone like Russell Crowe is questioned for his passion for music, and whatever he does, music is just in his heart and soul. All he wants to do is music.

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.