Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame. – Ville Valo
I didnt have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model. – Ville Valo
Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. Its not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. Its about the fact that I really do enjoy it. – Ville Valo
Its 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. – Ville Valo