Tobias Forge

I like horror movies that have a degree of coziness to them.

— Tobias Forge

Let's just say that I've spent a lot of time being not very successful.

— Tobias Forge

I constantly work with material that could be two years old, five years old, ten years old, as well as new things.

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The belief in something bigger and supernatural is not the same thing as linear religion.

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It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a…

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I wasn't letting people in with the music writing process, and for a long time, I thought I was hard to work…

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I always hate starting tours, especially when it coincides with an album coming out.

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I've always been very - for lack of a better phrase - hit-seeking, hit-driven.

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Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be…

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I think you need to see parts one, two, and three of 'The Omen.' And then just skip the ending of number…

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Even when I was a kid, I always sort of identified myself with Keith Richards and Slash more than the singers of…

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Even if people would know who we are, or you could click on a Wikipedia page saying my date of birth, it…

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I sort of found King Diamond in second grade, but I didn't become a devoted Satanist until a few years later, but…

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I am not a big artist myself. I am, I guess, a somewhat successful songwriter now, but I think that my value…

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I'm a big fan of the first one, but one of the first horror films I ever saw on my own was…

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I don't want to do Ghost as a normal, unmasked band standing around in, like, denim jackets. That was never the plan,…

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In grade one and two, I was definitely into heavy metal and Satanic rock music, bands that had attributes that were quote-unquote…

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As long as I've been doing Ghost, at least, I've been very keen on maintaining not necessarily an anonymity but a low…

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If we see someone, an artist who just does magnificent art, and especially if they're already doing Ghost-related art, we just reach…

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From my point of view, a lot of the things that we've done over our entire career have always been a big…

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If you'd asked me when I was six, 16, and 26, I wanted nothing more than to be a big, recognized rock…

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Even though 'Prequelle' is a record about death, essentially, it's a record about survival, and I think that that is something that's…

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Even the biggest bands - and I hate to break the magic - but even the band that sold out 90,000 tickets…

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You don't accidentally turn into a big band. Not even Nirvana accidentally turned into a big band. They toured - they wanted…

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I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do.

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By sheer luck, we did our first tour of America as a headlining act.

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My name is Tobias Forge and I'm the man behind the mask in Ghost.

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When I was 8 years old, I was already very interested in music.

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I never, ever, wanna see 'The Conjuring' again - ever. I don't wanna see 'Annabelle' again.

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With Ghost, I never really foresaw that it was going to take off the way it did.

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I enjoy the idea of being able to sort of flip-flop between being recognized and not being recognized.

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Not only did we read a lot at home, we also watched a lot of films. So I had already seen a…

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There are people who just love to destroy other people. It saddens me to admit that, I think, at whatever state of…

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Most bands that don't want to become big at all, they don't play. If you don't want to be known, if you…

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I grew up in Sweden. It's a profoundly Americanized country. We have a strong tradition of Americana and always had non-dubbed American…

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If you come in like a typical modern drummer who is used to playing only with tricks and double kick and, like,…

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My first records were KISS's 'Love Gun,' Twisted Sister's 'Stay Hungry,' and Motley Crue's 'Shout at the Devil.' That had immense influence…

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At the end of the day, one of the biggest misconceptions of Ghost is that it's just about the devil. It's always…

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If you're going to a show that we're providing support for, or a large festival, you're obviously going to see a condensed…

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Even when I wrote death metal songs for a death metal record, I was always trying to do my best to make…

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