110 Quotes by Ville Valo

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’ve got loads of ideas. I just have no idea what to do with those ideas.

In my eyes, perfection is imperfection.

Women are interesting, but that isn’t the problem, it is that I like being alone, and I’m also touring so much that it’s hard to get a relationship to work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It’s not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It’s about the fact that I really do enjoy it.