"You have to be scared, you know. Fear is your friend."
— Ville Valo
"It’s like a memento mori track. We’re all going to die, so let’s not worry about it now. Let’s live first"
— Ville Valo, about All Lips Go Blue
"When love starts to die, so will I."
— Ville Valo
"It’s about visuals in general. It’s about photography. It’s about paintings. When you’re not too specific with the lyrics, it enables the imagination to do some of the work."
— Ville Valo, about Tears on Tape
"It’s really green. There are a lot of forests here. Obviously, the seasonal changes happen really fast, and they’re very colorful. It’s all about those magenta leaves. The smell of the season is different. I think it’s part of the foliage dying and dropping down"
— Ville Valo, about autumn in Finland
"Then, songs you necessarily didn’t believe in as much turn out to be great."
— Ville Valo