Varg Vikernes Quotes

The only negative thing about murder is that when you kills someone they can no longer suffer

Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.

Killing a person with a 8 cm ling blunt knife is a bloody affair.

Being a man with a conscience I simply felt that I had to do something - anything! - about the world we live in.

Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.

Europe really needs to wake up, cast aside the lies and get rid of the Jewish yoke we live under - once and for all.

Being sociable is a sacrifice, as I see it. I really don't like to be, but it is necessary and worth it.

A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life.

The problem is that mainly the metal press has an interest in Burzum, and the rest of the world... probably hardly even know Burzum exists, and those who do shy away due to my fairly (:-))

Unless you already have a name well known in at least one stratum of society, I don't think trying to do things yourself will be easy - if at all possible.

My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak.

With the risk of being accused of quoting the wrong person I can say that [Adolf] Hitler wrote that "the more the press attacks a person the closer he is to us".

I don't need to publish anything to make a living, so to speak, and I think it is much more important to spread information about our European religion than it is to make money from doing so.

I like Iron Maiden and a few other bands, but by and large I don't like metal music. Most of it simply put reeks. This meant that it was no great loss for me to drop the metal music altogether.

Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.

I grew up with classical music, and to a lesser extent electronic music, and that's where I belong, so to speak.

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.

My own growth comes not (just) individually, but mainly as part of a greater change for the better.

The more I got to knew about Paganism the more Pagan I became, so to say, but I didn't really know enough until after the creation of Burzum.

To a large degree I don't even like most metal music I hear.

We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a future that will be made up of so much more as well.

I have a fairly well known name, so for me to do things my way is not that hard.

The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.

My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are meant to be, and that I am not as much a catalyst, so to say, but rather a result of this.

If I like the music then at least some others will too, and that is all that matters in this context.

Personally I don't understand why the metal press even bother, but I guess it is good they do.

I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.