There isn't much of an agenda lyrically. And I definitely didn't want to write about things I don't know anything about.

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.

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

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.

Baba Yaga: "... What are his powers"Mirror on the wall: "He reads

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

I think therefore I seem to be.

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect.

You know I don't love any one but you. You shouldn't mind because some one else loved me.

God's presence is all that matters.

The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.

Remember always, you are the gift!

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.