110 Quotes by Ville Valo

I need a soul mate so that I can be who I am, naked. I want there to be someone who picks up my heavy, bleeding heart and takes it somewhere safe and warm.

I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.

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.

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.

Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.

I haven't been baptised. My dad's not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual - she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I'm proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I'm still looking for my god.

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.

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.

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