As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change the world, regardless of any personal consequences.

Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word 'horror'. They, like I, went for the French description: 'the theatre of the fantastique'.

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

The Dracula movies are probably some of the most famous and enduring ones there are and I am very grateful to them, for sure.

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.

I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people, to present them with something they didn't expect.

I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.

... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ...

It's not an effective protest if it's not pissing people off.

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

Most of the time, it's not the concept, but the execution of craft that counts.

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.

I have a responsibility to my children to be fit and healthy.

A sunset is the sun's fiery kiss to the night.

When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.

Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ryTay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time.