If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion, I mean it’s not even up for debate. An artist at least creates things, puts things into the world. Where as these other people are destroying things, taking things out of the world.

Anybody who does not evolve can become a self-parody. I have to evolve on a daily basis just to keep my own interest in what I do.

If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids in the first place ?

What nearly everybody in my life had misunderstood about Satanism was that it is not about ritual sacrifices, digging up graves and worshipping the devil. The devil doesn't exist. Satanism is about worshipping yourself, because you are responsible for your own good and evil.

Apart from a very close circle of friends, few people know my true self, and it's normal, I never put it into my music.

As you keep getting more popular, people are continually wanting more from you and it seems to me that all they want in the end is your death.

I read all the great philosophers but most people just hear what they want to hear and it makes it easy for them to brand us devil worshippers.