Top 66 Varg Vikernes Quotes

After twelve years in prison, I think I have listened to the radio maybe 30-40 times in all, and only when I have been without even a TV.

I never do anything to make money. I do make money, but that’s because I do something. Big difference.

If the so called ‘democratic’ individuals out there really believe in their talk about diversity, they should let those with truly different opinions be allowed to talk freely in public, too.

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.

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.

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

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

I am sorry, but recording an album is just hard work; tedious, repetitive, and not very fun at all. Mixing is a bit better, but still pretty boring.

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.

I don’t think I have an image of being an underground musician. I have an image of being an uncompromising musician, and I am well known in Norway partly because of that.

I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!

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

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.

Lead by example. Be better than those you despise.

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

I think the growing disregard for the environment, culture, and heritage is a natural consequence of capitalism.

My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n’ roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika, and in underground house music.

It probably would be impossible for me to make music and not make it sound like Burzum. This is the music I make and the only music I am able to make, so I have no other options musically.

Some musicians make and record music; other musicians play in a band… I just make and record music, and I don’t feel a part of anything in any music business.

My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such a thing would be money, and I don’t think that’s a good reason to play live.

It is not possible to know how to behave in threatening situations before you even end up in such a situation.

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

Astrology is interesting but not very accurate. It’s a science I don’t trust very much.

Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.

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

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

I don’t care much about society.

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.

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’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.

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.

That Hollywood ‘LotR’ movie really sucked, and was a true turn-off. That’s what Hollywood always does, even to good stories.

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

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

Innovation, creativity, and lunacy goes hand in hand.

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 am not a philosopher, only frustrated by the development of the world we live in – and too stupid to keep my mouth shut when I see injustice.

Rock and roll promotes a primitive and destructive lifestyle. Metal can be seen as a subgenre of rock and roll, and thus, metal is not much better.

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.

Art should be perceived as subjectively as possible, and if anyone wants to see something in ‘Belus’ that I had not planned, that is fine.

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

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

I have learned from my mistakes and become older.

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

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

I know too much about religion to be religious, so to speak, and I am not that stupid, either.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Music, for me, was something I did because I was disillusioned after the Cold War’s end and did not know what I wanted in life.

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

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

I think metal fans are more loyal than other fans, and they are often more inclined to collect the albums of their favorite bands.

I can confirm that I have been released from prison.

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

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.

Civilization is going down the drain, and the sooner it does, the better.

Globalization is very destructive to our species.

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 believe in blood, soil, and honour; family, homeland, and hamingja; strength, traditions, and courage.

If I had something to say about my lyrics, I would say they were about different subjects concerning the darkness and the night.

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.’

To record an album is cathartic, or at least it was with ‘Belus,’ but to make music is more fulfilling than anything else, I think.

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