Varg Vikernes

Globalization is very destructive to our species.

— Varg Vikernes

Keep the masses fed and entertain them to keep them in line.

— Varg Vikernes

Music inspires contemplation, dreams, and the imagination.

— Varg Vikernes

Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.

— Varg Vikernes

I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!

— Varg Vikernes

I have learned from my mistakes and become older.

— Varg Vikernes

It was hard to play the drums at all when I got out of prison.

— Varg Vikernes

I am not the 'Count' that has been portrayed in the media.

— Varg Vikernes

If you want to build something fantastic, just do it. Who is stopping you?

— Varg Vikernes

Burzum is the reflections of my personality. It's my dreams and desires.

— Varg Vikernes

I make music, and if anyone wants to dislike it because of my logo, or lack thereof, then fine by me.

— Varg Vikernes

If you want to change the world - I do - you have to start with yourself.

— Varg Vikernes

Burzum was never formed, as Burzum is no group, only Count Grishnackh of many colors.

— Varg Vikernes

Time moves too slowly for me to notice any evolution in my creative tendencies.

— Varg Vikernes

My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak.

— Varg Vikernes

Personally I don't understand why the metal press even bother, but I guess it is good they do.

— Varg Vikernes

My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such…

— Varg Vikernes

We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a…

— Varg Vikernes

After twelve years in prison, I think I have listened to the radio maybe 30-40 times in all, and only when I…

— Varg Vikernes

Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that…

— Varg Vikernes

I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost…

— Varg Vikernes

If I had the money I'd pay people to have them read accurate books or posts about our own religion. It is…

— Varg Vikernes

I am no friend of the modern so-called 'black metal' culture. It is a tasteless, lowbrow parody of Norwegian black metal circa…

— Varg Vikernes

Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result…

— Varg Vikernes

I've been offered, I think it was £300,000 to play live two concerts in London some years ago. And I said 'No.…

— Varg Vikernes

Our nations are run by absolute worthless scum, our streets are taken over by sub-humans, the food we eat and the water…

— Varg Vikernes

I really don't want to be associated with the low-brow Black Metal genre. If you want to know what I mean when…

— Varg Vikernes

If people knew that Burzum was just the band of some teenager, that would sort of ruin the magic, and for that…

— Varg Vikernes

The ‘black metallers’ will probably continue to ‘get loaded,’ ‘get high,’ and in all other manners too behave like the stereotypical Negro;…

— Varg Vikernes

Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only…

— Varg Vikernes

Return to a simpler life, and you will see that behind the expensive cars, the fashionable clothes, the empty celebrities, the fancy…

— Varg Vikernes

The spirit of Burzum never changed, but my ability to make music changed dramatically when I was imprisoned. It is more or…

— Varg Vikernes

Christianity was created by some decadent and degenerated Romans as a tool of oppression, in the late Roman era, and it should…

— Varg Vikernes

“People are like books, and the world is like a library. Some believe that it is important to be known with the…

— Varg Vikernes

As I respect others, I want others to respect me.

— Varg Vikernes

Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.

— Varg Vikernes

Yes, maturity in life brings maturity to the music I make.

— Varg Vikernes

Now I just want to be together with my family.

— Varg Vikernes

Lead by example. Be better than those you despise.

— Varg Vikernes

It was good to get out of prison and home to the family.

— Varg Vikernes