It's a band singing on how metal should be played, the effect it has on the band and its listeners.

Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word 'horror'. They, like I, went for the French description: 'the theatre of the fantastique'.

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

The Dracula movies are probably some of the most famous and enduring ones there are and I am very grateful to them, for sure.

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.

I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people, to present them with something they didn't expect.

I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.

That which isn’t love, isn’t god.

It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event, you are not even a failure. You're just not there.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads have something inside them," said Lucy.

Never take what's offered, always ask for more.

Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation.

I was not raised a Zionist, but a socialist, as were most Jews before the Holocaust.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they're called artists.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great