A biography for Varg Vikerneshasn’t been written yet.
“I have learned from my mistakes and become older.”
“I am not a vegetarian. For some time, I tried to be a semi-vegetarian, eating only fish, birds, and no red meat, but... I don't know if I have an opinion on vegetarianism.”
“I enjoy making music and take my time to do everything until it is 'perfect.'”
“I think the growing disregard for the environment, culture, and heritage is a natural consequence of capitalism.”
“I make music, and if anyone wants to dislike it because of my logo, or lack thereof, then fine by me.”
“Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.”
“The ancient Greek philosophers were blonde and blue-eyed and, even then, talked about how their race was mixed with others and how this affected their society negatively. When there were no more natural blondes and no more blue eyes in Greece, they incidentally stopped producing great philosophers.”
“My main problem with Norwegian Black Metal is that almost all the bands from 1992-1993 are made up of rats, who ratted each other out and blamed me for everything that went wrong in the scene. I really don't want to be associated with them in any way.”
“My name is well known, but my image is not, because the image presented to the public is very twisted and far from reality. So, not many recognize me on the street. And I don't usually walk around in the streets, either.”
“I am not the 'Count' that has been portrayed in the media.”
“Musically, 'Fallen' is a cross between 'Belus' and something new, inspired more by the debut album and 'Det Som Engang Var' than by 'Hvis Lyset Tar Oss' or 'Filosofem.'”
“I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.”
“My record company certainly wants me to play live, badly, but I have no such plans. My only motivation to do such a thing would be money, and I don't think that's a good reason to play live.”
“Globalization is very destructive to our species.”
“I wrote, exercised, ate healthy, and responded to life in prison very well.”
“I've been offered, I think it was £300,000 to play live two concerts in London some years ago. And I said 'No. No thanks.' I would rather stay home here and change oil on my car, or collect some rotten wood from the forest, spread on my ruined former agricultural land.”
“My musical roots and inspiration lie not in rock n' roll or metal music, but first and foremost in classical music, balalaika, and in underground house music.”
“To record an album is cathartic, or at least it was with 'Belus,' but to make music is more fulfilling than anything else, I think.”
“Venom was a joke in the '80s, their heavy metal music sucked big time, and I really have no interest in them - not then, not now.”
“To be honest, I would probably rather spend, like, a month in prison than spend a month rehearsing with some musicians, metalheads. I pick prison over that, really. And I say that knowing well what prison is like, so don't get me wrong here. Prison sucks big time.”