Top 142 Quotes & Sayings by Varg Vikernes
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.
My biggest inspiration was always early Iron Maiden, because it was the only band I knew for some time, and, as we all know, Iron Maiden is great.
Climate changes are caused by solar radiation and other natural phenomena, so I don't worry one bit about that. Nothing we do can change anything in the climate.
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 me, personally, an ideal society would be a world where only I and those I care for exist.
Keep the masses fed and entertain them to keep them in line.
The romantic image of the ancient world is very inspiring, as is nature itself, but I think the dissatisfaction with our modern world is the strongest force keeping me going.
I never do anything to make money. I do make money, but that's because I do something. Big difference.
Hate is irrational. I am a rational person.
It is not possible to know how to behave in threatening situations before you even end up in such a situation.
I have learned from my mistakes and become older.
To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our blood, and to be able to create a positive and meaningful civilization in the future, on the ruins of the 'Sodom and Gomorrah' we live in today, we need to live in accordance with our blood.
I can confirm that I have been released from prison.
The prison system in Norway is fairly civilized, by world standards, and so are the prisoners and the guards.
I don't like to play live. And if I don't like to do it, why should I?
Yes, maturity in life brings maturity to the music I make.
My mind has never been in prison; I think all the time about what I should do on the day that I am released.
I am not the 'Count' that has been portrayed in the media.
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 Grishnackh, and on the debut album, I used a photo of me that didn't look like me at all to make Burzum itself seem more out-of-this world and to confuse people.
Music inspires contemplation, dreams, and the imagination.
Only native male citizens with a wife and children, a property, and a military rank should be allowed to vote and be elected for office.
Life treats me very well, as has always been the case, no matter where I have been.
I wore a 'Black Metal' Venom T-shirt once, in January 1993, to promote black metal, and I regret having done that ever since.
I believe in blood, soil, and honour; family, homeland, and hamingja; strength, traditions, and courage.
I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.
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 more natural blondes and no more blue eyes in Greece, they incidentally stopped producing great philosophers.
Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.
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 well what prison is like, so don't get me wrong here. Prison sucks big time.
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.
I just make music. If you don't like it, you don't need to buy or listen to it.
I don't care much about society.
I really don't want to be associated with the low-brow Black Metal genre. If you want to know what I mean when I say that, just have a look at an Immortal video on YouTube or something. It's so dumb I don't know what to say, really, and it's so ridiculous, we can barely tell the difference between the real stuff and the parodies.
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.
Innovation, creativity, and lunacy goes hand in hand.
Astrology is interesting but not very accurate. It's a science I don't trust very much.
Until I was around 12 or 13, I only listened to classical music, mostly Tchaikovsky. But around that age, I started listening to Iron Maiden, and that's when I purchased my first guitar, a pearl-white Westone.
I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!
Now I just want to be together with my family.
Everything is always about people trying to make profit: Profits to this, profits to that, the more the merrier, and there's no end to it.
As I respect others, I want others to respect me.
I must say it was not very inspiring to see that tons of new bands emerged from nowhere and started to play the exact same music as I did. Why would I want to play this type of music, when tons of other bands did, too?
If I can, I will make an album each year, but time shall tell if this works out. I have other things to do in my life as well.
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 end as soon as possible.
Globalization is very destructive to our species.
You should never trust anything reported by the media. Their first priority is to spread propaganda; their second priority is to make money. They never really care if they tell the truth or not.
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 English, Russian, Polish, or Belorussian, or whatever.
I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.
I look forward the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books, and be with the wife and kids around the clock - and live a normal life.
If you want to change the world - I do - you have to start with yourself.
Hellhammer is the best drummer ever, and Euronymous is a musical genius.
Burzum was never my choice of life. I didn't even want to become a musician.
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.'
Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.
Lead by example. Be better than those you despise.
I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.
I am not a vegetarian. For some time, I tried to be a semi-vegetarian, eating only fish, birds, and no red meat, but... I don't know if I have an opinion on vegetarianism.
I think the growing disregard for the environment, culture, and heritage is a natural consequence of capitalism.
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 scene. I really don't want to be associated with them in any way.
This might disappoint you somewhat, but I have to say my interest in Tolkien has faded dramatically over the years. His language skills are amazing, his story good and fascinating, but... he has a very Judeo-Christian perspective, and his use of mythical creatures is very... ignorant.
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 some rotten wood from the forest, spread on my ruined former agricultural land.
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