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“I've been offered, I think it was £300,000 to play live two concerts in London some years ago. And I said 'No. No thanks.' I would rather stay home here and change oil on my car, or collect...”

“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.”

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

“Burzum is not a political or religious band, or even an anti-religious band. Burzum is music - art if you like - and the interpretation of art lies in the eye of the beholder.”

“To be honest, I would probably rather spend, like, a month in prison than spend a month rehearsing with some musicians, metalheads. I pick prison over that, really. And I say that knowing we...”

“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.”

“My main problem with Norwegian Black Metal is that almost all the bands from 1992-1993 are made up of rats, who ratted each other out and blamed me for everything that went wrong in the scen...”

“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...”

“Personally, I am a nationalist, but my race is my nation, and I see all true Europeans as my racial brethren and part of my nation, be them Norwegian, Danish, or Swedish, French, German, or...”

“To record an album is cathartic, or at least it was with 'Belus,' but to make music is more fulfilling than anything else, I think.”

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

“I can confirm that I have been released from prison.”

“Musically, 'Fallen' is a cross between 'Belus' and something new, inspired more by the debut album and 'Det Som Engang Var' than by 'Hvis Lyset Tar Oss' or 'Filosofem.'”

“If people knew that Burzum was just the band of some teenager, that would sort of ruin the magic, and for that reason, I felt that I needed to be anonymous. So I used a pseudonym, Count Gris...”

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

“If the so called 'democratic' individuals out there really believe in their talk about diversity, they should let those with truly different opinions be allowed to talk freely in public, too...”

“If I had something to say about my lyrics, I would say they were about different subjects concerning the darkness and the night.”

“I am no friend of the modern so-called 'black metal' culture. It is a tasteless, lowbrow parody of Norwegian black metal circa 1991-92, and if it was up to me, it would meet its dishonorable...”

“Music, for me, was something I did because I was disillusioned after the Cold War's end and did not know what I wanted in life.”

“When it comes to political forces in Norway and elsewhere, I - simply put - sympathize with all those who wish to throw out every single Muslim and Jew from Europe, all those who wish to 'di...”