When I use the word 'Satan,' it doesn't stand for a guy with horns. To me, that word means the powers of the unknown, the powers of darkness.
I never talk openly about my political beliefs.
In Denmark, you have thirteen or more political parties, so it's not too difficult to find a party who reflect your views.
I once, when I was in the middle of making the move from Europe to the U.S., I started trying to put 'Them' and 'Conspiracy' into a novel. I got into three chapters in, and those who've seen that little bit said I really need to finish it, but time is an issue.
I don't believe in heaven, and I don't believe in hell as a place with flames where people are burning and having eternal pain. I don't believe in that at all. I believe in a place I call 'beyond.'
I welcome the powers of the unknown.
I don't take anything for granted anymore, I'll tell you that.
I have not thrown my money away on unnecessary things in my life, so I'm okay.
When you have a nightmare, you think, 'What caused this?' And then you can sometimes get the same scenario two or three nights, back to back. Or something really bad happens, and you feel absolutely sad and do not want it to be real. You don't want to fall asleep and get sucked back into that same dream.
'The Shining' has always been my favorite horror movie. It is scary and incredibly psychological without relying on blood and gore. Jack Nicholson's performance is absolutely mind-blowing. And the mood and the feel is definitely metal.
Taking walks sometimes bring back memories of my childhood because a smell might trigger a memory.
I was a made an eternal member of the Church of Satan by Anton LeVey himself in 1988.
One day, I found this book at a used bookstore with 'Satanic Bible' written on the cover, and I thought maybe I should read it and see what it is. I thought it was like a religion, but then I read the book, and what was in it was pure life philosophy - and it was a life philosophy that described how I felt at that point.
My dad was a freedom fighter in Denmark against the occupational forces - the S.S. and the Gestapo and all that.
I lived in a house in Copenhagen that was uber-haunted for many years, with flying teacups and things like that; there was a time when I saw glasses rising off the table, and I took it as a sign of something saying, 'Hey, we're with you.'
I have this dream where I get chased through a park by Nazis in the Second World War. They finally catch up to me in an apartment somewhere, but I don't know what happens next.
I went to basic school for 10 years, and then I went to college.
What I really like to do with my music is these concept stories, and I always like to have some life philosophies in the lyrics.
I see myself as a spiritual person, but I don't think anyone should claim proof of a god. No one can prove it. That's why I don't claim to know whether there are one, many or no gods.
I don't take for granted that I wake up. I appreciate it when I do, those times when it still happens.
