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Devin Townsend

Canadian Musician

Born: May 5, 1972

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It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a definite lack of self-loathing are either lying or just in a place that I don't relate to. Devin Townsend

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I don't deal with conflict well, so sometimes things will happen that will make me feel sort of powerless. But instead of being able to actually deal with the problem, I just suck it up - that's the way I was raised. Music, then, becomes my one avenue for letting things go, and when I get the chance, I let it rip. It's like therapy in that way. Devin Townsend

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After Strapping, the amount of things in my life had changed were more than I'd ever had to process in any one time, and as a result of that, I found that my writing was veering off in four - sometimes even more - directions. Devin Townsend

One thing that's really important for me to be creatively motivated is to find an angle. Some people refer to that as a concept, which it is, in a sense, but not overtly. It's just something I need to focus and hone in on, and the trajectory of what might be seen as a 'concept' gives me creative momentum. Devin Townsend

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In Strapping, I had experimented with a creative catharsis under the assumption that art doesn't need to be accountable for itself, but I found out in very practical ways that you are accountable for everything you say. Everything you write, everything you do becomes not only your identity but your world resonates with it. Devin Townsend

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Because I have been so pigheaded and so selfish about so many things for so many years, I've spent a lot of time being, like, 'That person needs to change. This person needs to change.' Devin Townsend

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Strapping Young Lad is a vehicle for me to be wild and extroverted and ridiculous. It gives me the chance to say, 'Look at me. I'm a heavy metal guy. I'm Rob Halford or Bruce Dickinson or whoever.' Devin Townsend

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I think that, as well as Strapping Young Lad kind of having the name for themselves based on brutality and aggression, I think there's also something to be said to the fact that every Strapping record is different. They're all different. Devin Townsend

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I really like the art of music, the way that you can express yourself through music. Devin Townsend

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I've been a workaholic for many years, but at the same time, I do it because I love it. Devin Townsend

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It's like... to make a good record - I don't care who you are - it takes a long time and a lot of passion and a lot of attention to detail, right? Devin Townsend

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I'm good at what I do but, to be honest, not a whole hell of a lot else! Devin Townsend

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The identity of each band is what's important for me production-wise. Devin Townsend

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I love people; don't get me wrong. Individually, I love that interaction between people, and I'm not an ogre or something; but huge crowds of people, huge groups of people who seemingly have endless access to you - as I get older, I'm not really into that. Devin Townsend

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

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I've always loved the sound of female vocals. Devin Townsend

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

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

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I've been making music for so long, and the main hurdles I've run when dealing with any public exposure is that many of my projects are so different from each other. Devin Townsend

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A lot of people are upset when you work out your anger issues, but there's a big industry for music which is furious and angry because, in my opinion, the world is looking for a justification to feel the same way. Devin Townsend

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I make music for people to hear it, so get it however you want! Devin Townsend

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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.' Devin Townsend

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