Ville Valo Quotations

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

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.

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.

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.

Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.

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

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.

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 hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.