HIM quotes

Makes you think huh.....



I'm not sad when I meet the big love. But it isn't that I'm desperately seeking for it. When it happens it happens...very natural."
Ville Valo, german magazine TOTP


"Happy songs making me very sad. The worst are Vengaboys - I really get depressed!"
Ville Valo, german magazine Popcorn, June 2000


"No, I like it getting older. I hope I don't lose my hair before I turn 50! But seriously, I like older people. It must be great to be 70 and having lots of children and grandchildren."
Ville Valo, german magazine TOTP, June 2000


"I love hearts. They are symbols for life, love and humanity."
Ville Valo, german magazine Bravo, May 10th, 2000


"Black Funeral by Mercyful Fate. Why not?"
Ville Valo's answer as he was asked which song should be played at his burial and for whatever reason, german magazine Musikexpress, May 2000


"Women love stuff like dolls. I'm buying one Barbie doll for the first date. A gift says more than 1000 words."
Ville Valo, german magazine TOTP


"I don't have time for dreaming 'cause I have to work hard to let me dreams come true. You can dream away your life and nothing happened. It's always hard for me to speak about my own qualities, you better should ask the other band members about this. There are people who says I'm romantic, other says I'm not. Just let me say that I rather put my romanticism into my lyrics as running with flowers to a woman."
Ville Valo, german magazine Metal Heart


"We are the negative version of Bon Jovi. The bad thing is good and the good thing is bad. Actually we wanted to name the album 'Slippery When Dead' but then we thought it's tasteless. We didn't want to be called necrophile...not yet, hahaha!"
Ville Valo, german magazine Visions


"It was the idea of the video director not mine. I hate this make-up shit!"
Ville Valo's comment why he was kind of Ziggy Stardust in the 'Join Me' video, german magazine RockHard 01/2000


"The big secret of the band is that Zoltan is the absolute bevy not me. His phone is ringing uninterrupted. Really! I'm harmless against that."
Ville Valo, german magazine Tops Of The Pops


"Ville: Nothing special... Migè: An old chevrolet would be cool! Lily: Guitars! Juska: A girlfriend... Gas: I would buy one plane ticket to see an ice-hockey game of the Pittsburgh Penguins!"
The answers of the band what they would do with their millions, german magazine RockHard 03/2000


"It's unbelievable, unintelligible and totally unnecessary. Everyone says I'm a sexsymbol 'cause you can see me with my naked upper part of the body on the 'Razorblade Romance' cover - laughable!"
Ville Valo, german magazine Tops Of The Pops


"I am! But who isn't?"
Ville Valo's comment if he is vain, german magazine Mademoiselle 02/2000


"Well, we're thinking about to dissolve the band and then making the shows as a reunion tour. Everyone is doing this at time. Probably we'll appear under the name HER..."
Ville Valo, german magazine RockHard 03/2000


"Many people thinks we are a bad band. But we aren't. We kisses babies in front of cameras, we are giving autographs - if we must even on the penis!"
Ville Valo, german magazine Popcorn


"I'm not a sensitive guy though the most ones thinks so. Sometimes you have to be tough in business decisions."
Ville Valo, german magazine Visions


"What A Fuck!"
Lily Lazer's comment about the whole circus after the 'Join Me' release, german magazine RockHard 01/2000


"When we're touring in Amerika we'll cracking up. Then we will be real rockstars and we're only giving interviews for cash, hahaha!"
Migé Amour, german magazine RockHard 03/2000


"We like to be more onstage as in the studio. So we tried to beam us into a live atmosphere. We celebrated wild parties 'til some of us danced naked through the studio!"
Ville Valo, german magazine Bravo