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.

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.

To be wise, know yourself.

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

It would be hilariously tragic if I avoided the rabids, avoided the sun, only to be fried to a crisp on a damn electric fence because I was too impatient.

Rembrandt painted about 700 pictures - of these 3 000 are in existence.

The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God.

Secrets are great for acting. Secrets are the best thing in the world for acting, because they keep you looking like you have something in the back of your mind.

My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.

Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is. We fall in love with someone for a reason. That reason is either temporary or permanent.

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.