Devin Townsend Quotes

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you want others to think is meaningful to you.

I feel more comfortable when I'm somebody else, I think. When I'm taking a picture as myself, the whole idea of taking a headshot, to me, feels very false.

For a long time, I would go out of my way to have a personal appearance on the verge of an insane person, because it was closer to how I felt, but I looked so dumb. So, I just stopped. It was like, 'I'm just going to look like a banker.'

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I try not to brand myself 'weird' any more because it sticks.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

No one's reputation is quite what he himself perceives it ought to be.

If I put on a tie and play what I really think I am, I'm a disaster.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

If guys step back and are just honest about what they think looks good on them, it’s really hard to lose. You can spot guys who take on personas that are not theirs.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

You have to be someone.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

There's more to me than fashion. I just don't want to be seen as fashion.

The whole image thing gets in the way. Then there are the guys that it excites them and it's what draws them to me. But I don't know whether they would care for me if I didn't have this image.

One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.