Quotes from Varg Vikernes

Yes, maturity in life brings maturity to the music I make.

I do vote, and naturally, I vote for so-called extremist parties, the further to the right the better, but that's where my participation in politics ends.

Only native male citizens with a wife and children, a property, and a military rank should be allowed to vote and be elected for office.

I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up.

My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such a thing would be money, and I don't think that's a good reason to play live.

Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.

Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.

If you want to change the world - I do - you have to start with yourself.

To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our blood, and to be able to create a positive and meaningful civilization in the future, on the ruins of the 'Sodom and Gomorrah' we live in today, we need to live in accordance with our blood.

Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.

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.

To a large degree I don't even like most metal music I hear.

Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.

Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.

The spirit of Burzum never changed, but my ability to make music changed dramatically when I was imprisoned. It is more or less impossible to record music in prison, and the only music I could record was electronic music, when I was allowed to have a synthesizer for a few months in 1994 or 1995 and in 1998.

I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!

I am not the 'Count' that has been portrayed in the media.

Art should be perceived as subjectively as possible, and if anyone wants to see something in 'Belus' that I had not planned, that is fine.

The ancient Greek philosophers were blonde and blue-eyed and, even then, talked about how their race was mixed with others and how this affected their society negatively. When there were no more natural blondes and no more blue eyes in Greece, they incidentally stopped producing great philosophers.

My name is well known, but my image is not, because the image presented to the public is very twisted and far from reality. So, not many recognize me on the street. And I don't usually walk around in the streets, either.

I don't think I have an image of being an underground musician. I have an image of being an uncompromising musician, and I am well known in Norway partly because of that.

Lead by example. Be better than those you despise.

I never do anything to make money. I do make money, but that's because I do something. Big difference.

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.