Last night, Sineresi, from LiveJournal, went to a lecture at the University of Helsinki by Pekka Himanen, about life as a work of art . 

She explained that during the three hours of lecture, Pekka also spoke of Ville, listing the things that, according to Ville Valo, are the reasons of his success, or the five ingredients of what he called "The Ville Valo philosophy".

Here they are:

1. Creative Madness

2. "Nerve" (Sineresi explained that the word "nerve" is not the exact translation of the Finnish word Pokka, but it's the closest. In other words, having the courage to do what you want without worrying about what people think or say).

3. The Band (not only band members, but also people outside, people around that support you even when things don't go well)

4. Persistence

5. Dreaming (it helps you go through the bad times. Ville dreams that one day, HIM will be so famous that one in five American 18-year-olds will wear a  Tapio Rautavaara t-shirt, for example. (Rautavaara is one of Ville's idols.)