Latest Varg Vikernes Quotes from Interviews

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• Being attacked by the press is not something I see as a problem, but rather a confirmation that I am on the right track. It is even better when they ignore me completely, like the Norwegian press does; that means they are really afraid.

  Varg Vikernes

  Mean, Track, Doe

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• With the risk of being accused of quoting the wrong person I can say that [Adolf] Hitler wrote that "the more the press attacks a person the closer he is to us".

  Varg Vikernes

  Risk, Wrong Person, Quoting

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.

  Varg Vikernes

  Thinking, Focus, Support

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I wish I could say differently, but I really don't think so. There are too many musicians already for probably anyone to be noticed without some sort of commercial support. Even the most talented ones drown in a sea of mediocrity, and only the politically correct ones will ever be promoted (willingly...) by the press anyhow.

  Varg Vikernes

  Thinking, Sea, Support

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• Unless you already have a name well known in at least one stratum of society, I don't think trying to do things yourself will be easy - if at all possible.

  Varg Vikernes

  Thinking, Names, Trying

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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

  Varg Vikernes

  Bother, Metals, Presses

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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

  Varg Vikernes

  Names, Way, Well Known

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• The problem is that mainly the metal press has an interest in Burzum, and the rest of the world... probably hardly even know Burzum exists, and those who do shy away due to my fairly (:-))

  Varg Vikernes

  Shy, World, Problem

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I think the "dawning of a new era" sounds a bit pretentious, and to me it's simply a step closer to my roots, and thus yes - I do feel liberated by this. I know many dislike this move, and I suspect that it is not really the dawning of a new era, but rather a move to a style which sells less records

  Varg Vikernes

  Moving, Thinking, Roots

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.

  Varg Vikernes

  Ambition, Musical, Honest

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I am too conservative to use another studio than the one I am used to, so I "had" to travel all the way from France to Norway every time I wanted to record an album. That was about 3,500 km each way in a Lada Niva with a cruising speed of 90 kph.

  Varg Vikernes

  Albums, Use, Records

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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

  Varg Vikernes

  Speak, Classical Music, Grew Up

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I like Iron Maiden and a few other bands, but by and large I don't like metal music. Most of it simply put reeks. This meant that it was no great loss for me to drop the metal music altogether.

  Varg Vikernes

  Loss, Iron, Band

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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

  Varg Vikernes

  Degrees, Metal Music, Metals

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• If I like the music then at least some others will too, and that is all that matters in this context.

  Varg Vikernes

  Matter, Ifs

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.

  Varg Vikernes

  Able, Reason, Enjoy

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• The more I got to knew about Paganism the more Pagan I became, so to say, but I didn't really know enough until after the creation of Burzum.

  Varg Vikernes

  Paganism, Creation, Enough

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• Being a Pagan without knowing much about Paganism is a bit silly, in the sense that you would probably have been a Pagan had you known more, but you could not really be because you only knew so much about it.

  Varg Vikernes

  Silly, Knowing, Paganism

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that fascinated me the most, so I moved more and more in that direction.

  Varg Vikernes

  Playing Games, Fascination, Role Playing

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• Your music has been a powerful vehicle for your philosophies.

  Varg Vikernes

  Powerful, Philosophy, Vehicle

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• If I had the money I'd pay people to have them read accurate books or posts about our own religion. It is very important not only for their self-image, but also for the future of Europe - as a biological term.

  Varg Vikernes

  Book, Self, Europe

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I don't need to publish anything to make a living, so to speak, and I think it is much more important to spread information about our European religion than it is to make money from doing so.

  Varg Vikernes

  Thinking, Important, Needs

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• We pick up the lost bits and pieces, from the grass where we left them, and bring them with us into a future that will be made up of so much more as well.

  Varg Vikernes

  Pieces, Grass, Lost

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• I do feel we live through what I like to call The 2nd Renaissance, but although I foresee a widespread return to the European religion I don't foresee a return to the past. The world has changed, everything is different today, and so will Paganism be.

  Varg Vikernes

  Past, Return, Different

  Source: heathenharvest.org

• Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of my "spells" I think it varies; my music communicates with some, and I think it has had a positive influence on the minds of those who like it. I hope it helped them see the world from a different perspective.

  Varg Vikernes

  Thinking, Ideas, Perspective

  Source: heathenharvest.org