Devin Townsend Quotes

I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

Composing is my life blood.

Music is such a part of my soul.

Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.

From the very beginning, I was clear that it would always be music for me.

I just have this real love and connection with what I'm doing when I play music.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

I have always made music with passion, love and honesty.

I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is going to come naturally.

Music is everything to me, and I'm most grateful that it's all working out.

I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.

Everything I did is because I wanted to do it. If I weren't playing this arena, if I were playing a club, I'd still be doing it because that's what I want to do. I love playing the guitar.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

Writing is not work. In fact, there's nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time.

My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.