Devin Rules

A ripoff of Devin Townsend’s interview

I think the whole reason the text is even in existence has a lot to do with a sort of constant analysis of it all, and trying to become a better person myself and a more productive human and not wanting to digress. And that has resulted in me writing many different pages in a lot of different styles over the past 15 years.

You can get so easily vaporised and disappear up your own ass if you’re not careful right? So I think this process has been an exercise in humility and compromise and, almost ironically, it’s resulted in the most accurate version of what I’ve been trying to do in a long time.

Ultimately my goal with writing is making enough money to do whatever I want, whenever I want and take as much time as I need to do it.

I like to think that looking back in time it seems so clear but to be honest I never know what the hell is happening. I figure as long as I’m pointed in the right direction all I gotta do is keep walking.

The text is almost like a kite that’s attached to the true north inside. So it’s flapping around in the wind, but it’s still connected to it. Its source is not moving, but what’s going on out there in the stratosphere is chaos.

Honesty, both to myself and to my vision, is really all I care about at the end of the day, but I can’t quiet figure out if that’s wisdom or despondency. But there is probably a fine line between the two.

I have a bunch of things that are unique to me purely because of the path of least resistance. Not because I’m trying to be forward-thinking, it’s more about finding my own way. It didn’t happen overnight — it took me 15 years of sucking before I didn’t suck as bad.

My second tip is: fuck ‘em! If you want to do something, just do it.

3. As an artist, you shouldn’t be afraid to give it all away.