Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.

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.

It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more

I've always been a huge reggae fan.

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

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

Love is madness, you can't put it in doses, it either surges over or under