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" It's like that with what sort of ideas people outside of the band have of HIM. They all see it through a different lens as well which is beautiful. Hopefully, it makes it an endless topic of conversation. "

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" 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. "

Ville Valo

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Road

Home

" Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention. "

" 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 love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me. "

Ville Valo

Song

Night

" I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either. "

" Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not. "

" I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much. "

" I haven't travelled that much before so this is the first time I get to see the big cities of Europe. I've never even been to US. "

" I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully. "

" I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world. "

" 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. "

" So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at the same time. I don't think all those things shut each other out. "

" Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song. "

Ville Valo

Best

Always

" Even at school I studied ethics instead of religion. "

" Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame. "

" Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it. "

" Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated. "

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

" Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it. "

" 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. "

" I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day. "

" I've always been a huge reggae fan. "

" I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel. "

" I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness. "