I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night.

We've always had a dark atmosphere to our performances, so it sort of developed along those ways.

I think it's just a lack of ability, we're incapable of writing hits.

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home.

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene.

I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know?

Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things...as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.

Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.

If you eat the standard Western diet that most people eat in the modern world, it's quite likely you will develop heart disease.

I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His shameful actions toward Humanity.

It's almost a problem how much I enjoy my work.

Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.

The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.