“The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.” DangerousDangerous Things Book:The Best and the Brightest Source: The Best and the Brightest
“The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays shut.” DesireRecordsMouthsStrongerIntenseCapture Author:Max Beckmann
“Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.” PoliticalEvilIndividualSocialMereCuresReformSocial ReformManifoldPolitical Reform Author:Samuel Smiles
“Let's put it this way: the glass is half-empty, but the fact is, I can always get another drink” WayI CanFactsHalfDrinkEmptyGlassesHalf Empty Author:Ville Valo
“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.” PlayHateProudCoupleBandI HateAlbumsGoldenOldies Author:Ville Valo
“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.” NightSongAchievementEdgesPopsPunkAmphetamines Author:Ville Valo
“The most important things are that you are honest with yourself and that making music comes from your heart” HeartImportantHonestImportant ThingsHonest With Yourself Author:Ville Valo
“I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.” YoungBirthTownsTraveledSmall TownMidwesterners Author:Philip Caputo