Ville Valo Quotes

Since I had trouble concentrating, I was given special permission to draw during classes.

Many of my childhood friends moved away at some point, and now my oldest friends are Mige and Linde. Mige I met when I was nine years old and Linde, if I recall correctly, when I was ten.

When I was six, I got this great hobby called asthma. My symptoms started around the time of the death of our dog Sami, saved three years earlier from a gutter. In addition to Sami, we had all sorts of animals at home: a parrot, a turtle, fish and god knows what.

My favorite subject was math. I still find it really interesting, a form of art really. I didn’t graduate high school, and I moved on my own when I was seventeen.

You could say that we are the Scandinavian, dark version of any boyband. Except that we write our own music. And our choreagraphy is not that polished. Plus, we don’t look as good as the Backstreet Boys.

I wasn’t baptized when I was born. My parents thought that if I wanted to believe, started believing, or wanted to be a part of a church, religion, or movement, I could make that choice for myself.

McDonald’s is art. McDonald’s is also murder. Meat is murder. Remember that.

I usually don’t eat red meat, but when I hear ‘Rudolph the red nosed reindeer’ I start drooling.

The most important thing in life is sleep.

Are you a boy or girl?

The most embarrassing question one reporter asked me was if I enjoy necrophilia. The only person he embarrassed is himself… and journalism.

My parents probably were disappointed when I quit school, but I have a feeling that my dad is more disappointed over the fact that until today I haven't passed my driver's license.

[The movie] Pojat, on the other hand, has that really heavy ending. Vesa-Matti Loiri runs after the train and yells “Mom, Mom, don’t leave me.” I had nightmares and made my own mother swear that she would never go away.

When I was on first grade, I was even taken to the doctor’s for an EEG, but that didn’t work out. I should have kept my eyes closed without blinking during the examination. That wasn’t going to happen.

We were visiting family friends whose son was a fan of Iron Maiden. I opened the door to his room, and in the dark room there was a gigantic Eddie the Head that was staring at me! Because I was three or four, I got incredibly scared.