Quotes from Varg Vikernes

Globalization is very destructive to our species.

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.

Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band... I just make and record music, and I don't feel a part of anything in any music business.

Hellhammer is the best drummer ever, and Euronymous is a musical genius.

I enjoy making music and take my time to do everything until it is 'perfect.'

My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n' roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika, and in underground house music.

The prison system in Norway is fairly civilized, by world standards, and so are the prisoners and the guards.

Life is best when lived your way and not as a negation of what you don't like.

I look forward the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books, and be with the wife and kids around the clock - and live a normal life.

If you want to build something fantastic, just do it. Who is stopping you?

I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.

Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.

The romantic image of the ancient world is very inspiring, as is nature itself, but I think the dissatisfaction with our modern world is the strongest force keeping me going.

It probably would be impossible for me to make music and not make it sound like Burzum. This is the music I make and the only music I am able to make, so I have no other options musically.

I am not a vegetarian. For some time, I tried to be a semi-vegetarian, eating only fish, birds, and no red meat, but... I don't know if I have an opinion on vegetarianism.

Venom was a joke in the '80s, their heavy metal music sucked big time, and I really have no interest in them - not then, not now.

I wore a 'Black Metal' Venom T-shirt once, in January 1993, to promote black metal, and I regret having done that ever since.

I am not a philosopher, only frustrated by the development of the world we live in - and too stupid to keep my mouth shut when I see injustice.

Burzum is a projection of me or, at the very least, a projection of a side of me, but you can, of course, view Burzum and Varg as separate entities, as you surely can like the first and dislike the other, or vice versa for that sake, but to me, my music will always be a natural part of me.

Astrology is interesting but not very accurate. It's a science I don't trust very much.

I don't care much about society.

If I can, I will make an album each year, but time shall tell if this works out. I have other things to do in my life as well.

We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a future that will be made up of so much more as well.