Quotes

Here is a collection of quotes taken from interviews
and conversations with the members of Apocalyptica.

"music needs to be loved.music is art.without love it is meaningless.and meaningless art is not art." - Perttu

"A man with a guitar is nothing compared to a man with a cello." - Eicca

Q: "Why are cellos so sexy?"
Perttu: "Firstly, we keep them between our legs."

Eicca: "Sauna and concert areas should be seperated".

Paavo: "Antero, a very cool and wise guy"

Antero: "No, it's ANtero and not AnTEro"

Perttu: "Look at my lunch in Poland, isn't this disgusting?"

Max: "Yes, it's stupid to fall down some stairs..."

Äläks: "Please write something nice"
Perttu *writing (in Finnish)* "Something nice"

Perttu: "WHAT?? I stink??"
*Nika and Katti immediately* "No, not you.... it's an inside joke"
Perttu: "Ah - ok"

Perttu: "And I was driving towards the ditch - with VERY high speed..."
Eicca: "Yeah he was driving around, in the first gear always"

Eicca: "No i'm not staying here. You might kidnap me and beat me!"

Perttu: (on being asked if he's ever called Pera) "I HATE that name. Him - THAT guy... (pointing at Eicca) He calls me that!"

Eicca: (on being asked why he calls Perttu 'Pera') "Because I likes to tease him and make him mad."

Perttu (locking Antero out of the van) "We don't need you any more!!!!!!"
Deby to Antero, who's just been locked out of the van by Perttu:
"Are you staying here with us?" (us = fans)
Antero, with horrified look: "NO!"

Antero: (on being told he wasn't quite so cool after all) "Perhaps."

Perttu: (leaning against the door) "My body is broken!"

Interviewer: "So, a guy with a cello is a damn sight more sexy than Keith Richards with a guitar?"
Eicca: "DEFINITELY... you will see."

Perttu: "Now we want to get aggressive... and you to get wild... next song comes from the deep rain forests of Brazil... this is REFUSE/RESIST BY SEPULTURA!!!"

Eicca: "Now it's time to play you something EXTREMELY fast..."

Eicca: "Perttu got a little excited during that last song. Let's calm him down with some Slayer..."

Eicca: "If something happens, it's always Perttu. He's like a small child. If you don't look after him he's always in trouble."

And my favorite quote of all:

"There are few things more exciting than a vintage cello and a pair of leathered thighs."