Black metal seemed way deeper than anything else, and I kind of got addicted to it.

For years I wouldn't listen to black metal from anywhere but Norway.

I never did anything with the early recordings I made, I felt they weren't worthy.

I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math.

There isn't much of an agenda lyrically. And I definitely didn't want to write about things I don't know anything about.

I don't have much contact at all with other black metal bands.

I'll never understand the art world. But I kind of feel like there's been some art world/black metal crossovers happening for a while.

Just underneath your breaking point lies your true strength.

The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers.

If I’m super lucky, I might be able to fight him off and maybe even the warrior after him, but it’s not a long-term survival strategy. By long-term, I mean the next ten minutes.We’re screwed.

I haven't slept in days. And me and my latest girl agreed to go our separate ways.

A lot of people believe, including Howard Dean is looking at this, that the Democratic party demands a full-time chair.

He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.

No path of flowers leads to glory.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents.

If I don't like someone, I'll let that person know. I'm not very diplomatic. I understand that.