Varg Vikernes

To a large degree I don't even like most metal music I hear.

— Varg Vikernes

Innovation, creativity, and lunacy goes hand in hand.

— Varg Vikernes

Hate is irrational. I am a rational person.

— Varg Vikernes

I live in the present and in the future. Not in the past.

— Varg Vikernes

I don't care much about society.

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I live an isolated life, and I rarely meet others.

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I can confirm that I have been released from prison.

— Varg Vikernes

Life treats me very well, as has always been the case, no matter where I have been.

— Varg Vikernes

I have a fairly well known name, so for me to do things my way is not that hard.

— Varg Vikernes

I don't like to play live. And if I don't like to do it, why should I?

— Varg Vikernes

I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.

— Varg Vikernes

I grew up with classical music, and to a lesser extent electronic music, and that's where I belong, so to speak.

— Varg Vikernes

The prison system in Norway is fairly civilized, by world standards, and so are the prisoners and the guards.

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I don't think the important part of making music is the method used but rather the spirit put into it, so to…

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I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.

— Varg Vikernes

A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife…

— Varg Vikernes

My name is well known, but my image is not, because the image presented to the public is very twisted and far…

— Varg Vikernes

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...)…

— Varg Vikernes

Burzum is not a political or religious band, or even an anti-religious band. Burzum is music - art if you like -…

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My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are…

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My main problem with Norwegian Black Metal is that almost all the bands from 1992-1993 are made up of rats, who ratted…

— Varg Vikernes

My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n' roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika,…

— Varg Vikernes

The more I got to knew about Paganism the more Pagan I became, so to say, but I didn't really know enough…

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Burzum is a projection of me or, at the very least, a projection of a side of me, but you can, of…

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To be honest, I would probably rather spend, like, a month in prison than spend a month rehearsing with some musicians, metalheads.…

— Varg Vikernes

I think the "dawning of a new era" sounds a bit pretentious, and to me it's simply a step closer to my…

— Varg Vikernes

This might disappoint you somewhat, but I have to say my interest in Tolkien has faded dramatically over the years. His language…

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Naturally I never had the intention to offend or alienate Slavs. … What makes me different from the ‘nazis’ are basically three…

— Varg Vikernes

To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our…

— Varg Vikernes

Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of…

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I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to…

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I expect either total success or total failure. That's my lot in life.

— Varg Vikernes

Being a man with a conscience I simply felt that I had to do something - anything! - about the world we…

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I enjoy making music and take my time to do everything until it is 'perfect.'

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Europe really needs to wake up, cast aside the lies and get rid of the Jewish yoke we live under - once…

— Varg Vikernes

Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.

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I wrote, exercised, ate healthy, and responded to life in prison very well.

— Varg Vikernes

Killing a person with a 8 cm ling blunt knife is a bloody affair...

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Being sociable is a sacrifice, as I see it. I really don't like to be, but it is necessary and worth it.

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Music, for me, was something I did because I was disillusioned after the Cold War's end and did not know what I…

— Varg Vikernes