Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

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.

I am a sprinter, and I love to go fast. It's very difficult for me to be patient and follow a race strategy or conserve energy.

I know I probably never will win the league MVP or passing title. That is not why I play the game. I try to win football games and championships.

Waiting prayer, or waiting on the Lord, is the silent surrendering of the soul to God. It is wordless worship. It is seeking God not from without but from within. It is to seek God in your heart.

Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement.

If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry enemy who knows your position.

As far as heroes thorough the years, I’d say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

The bringer of fear was afraid.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.

I feel like everyone's starting to isolate, and that proves itself in a big context like Brexit, and Donald Trump potentially, and putting walls up and stopping people coming in.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.