Quotes from Ville Valo

It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more.

I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me.

Life is short and love is over in the morning.

Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.

Music is my God, and it is the only love that has never left me.

Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.

When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend.

The most important things are that you are honest with yourself and that making music comes from your heart

I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.

I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion.

I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.

Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.

We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money.

Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.

I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.

I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.

Yeah I'm still writing. I've got about 14 tracks now. But we've been on tour so we haven't had time to get back to a rehearsal place.

So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at the same time. I don't think all those things shut each other out.

I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US.

There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.

I love you is eight letters...then again, so is bullshit.

Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.