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

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.

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.

Literacy rate tells us about the section of society who can read and write, but do we have a tool which can share the stats about out how many educated illiterates we have in our society.

What do you truly want to be?

Choose your friends carefully. They are a reflection of you.

Stay inside your head long enough and you may get trapped there.

Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye.

Oh how I had underestimated tender kisses.

An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid.

John Kerry will be the Democratic nominee for president. Democrats finally found someone who is Al Gore without the flash and the sizzle.

Casting is very instinctual. I really like to meet people. To me, it's about their essence more than their audition.

The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.