Quotes from Maria Brink

I'm actually a really private person, really withdrawn.

Some people go to the gym and some people have different ways that they express themselves, and I do all mine through my music.

I express myself as an artist in different ways.

I will buy sun dresses that I rip, burn and distress and then sew them back together.

We're professionals, and we know we want to write.

What kids out there who are getting bullied need to know is that it's not OK. There's a lot of reach-out programs, people that you can talk to, people that can help you figure out how to get an answer to the problem.

Well, I don't have a father, so there's no daddy being protective of the daughter.

The band likes to be different which each album, so that the listener is taken on a fascinating, but different journey each time.

Who cares about how many albums you've sold when you have sold out arenas and you're making money?

It is so scary to break in new shoes on stage. It makes me wonder, how does Beyonce do it, dance in high heels on stage? I am like 'Whoa!'

Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance is my favorite singer as a singer - so I'm really widely spread open with music choices.

Black Widow' is definitely the darker part of me. This album is about finding the weakness inside and turning it into strength. It's about being reborn, setting yourself free and realizing the balance in everything - the dark and the light.

I do tend to fall to the dark side of things visually sometimes.

I love being theatrical, we love electronics in our music, and we're not afraid to put electronics on my voice and do all these fun things.

I think we push theatrical boundaries.

I actually rarely ever get hit on. Isn't that funny? People think I do, but I actually don't.

In the metal world, if you're using a wireless mic... I was so scared to do that. I'm, like, 'They're gonna boo me in the beginning.'

We got to play Madison Square Garden before. I mean, that was like a dream. There is something about the lights and the huge arenas that is really special, but nothing can quite compare to those intimate shows where it's sold out, and it's a thousand people.

You know, we're a hard working band but we don't ever take it for granted.

You have to hustle and work hard, but we have been fortunate with big crowds and having a good time.

My first tattoo was for my son, just a little infinity symbol. Because every time we go apart, we stay together in infinity, so it's a tiny infinity symbol.

I am such a fiery woman and I am a real passionate woman and I get so much stuff built up inside of me that I can release all that on stage, and I kind of counterbalance it with the normal Maria that I am because with the real calming, natural kind of earthy spirit stuff and it kind of balances me out so I don't go too crazy.

I'm such a hippie.

I love all horror movies.