King Diamond

Professions :

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.

stand me satan darkness

I never talk openly about my political beliefs.

about talk never political

Taking walks sometimes bring back memories of my childhood because a smell might trigger a memory.

memory childhood sometimes memories

I welcome the powers of the unknown.

powers unknown welcome

I have a braided metal wire going down the middle of my chest underneath my skin. I saw it on an X-ray of it; it looks like a piece of jewelry.

skin down jewelry looks

When you hear 'From the Other Side,' it's like being on an operating table. Suddenly, you're on the ceiling looking down at the doctors who are fighting for you. Are you gonna get a second chance or not?

looking you fighting chance

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.

day bible life religion

I was lucky that I had parents that had had supernatural experiences, so I could talk to them openly without them looking at me as some lunatic.

looking parents me lucky

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.

feel you sad sometimes

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.

me dream war world

My dad was a freedom fighter in Denmark against the occupational forces - the S.S. and the Gestapo and all that.

against fighter dad freedom

'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.

performance feel mood blood

I don't like award ceremonies.

ceremonies award like

I don't like being away from home.

away being like home

I hate touring. But being onstage is one of the absolute best things I know in my life. And it is so good, it makes up for all the bad.

my-life best good life

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.

like always music life

I don't take anything for granted anymore, I'll tell you that.

anything tell take you

I lived in L.A. for a year and a half, and it was too different for me from Denmark.

year me different half

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.'

saying you glasses time

King Diamond was always more satanic than Mercyful Fate. And I'm not saying anything bad about Mercyful Fate - I love that band but sometimes people forget that King Diamond is the satanic philosophy through and through.

king sometimes love people

Adam Jones

Izzy Stradlin

Bon Scott

Brad Delp

Brad Delson

Brian Eno