In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.

Women are always beautiful.

Let's put it this way: the glass is half-empty, but the fact is, I can always get another drink

I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.

I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.

Hopefully it will be possible to get all our other albums in American shops one day so if people are interested they can hear it but I'm hoping that people are going to be interested in what we are going to do, not just what we've done.

The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.