Quotes from Tarja Turunen

It is vital for me to make progress as a lyrical singer since it also helps me to sing rock better.

As I am a lyrical singer, I really have to work hard. I'm still really training on a daily basis on my vocals. Because of the lyrical training, it never really ends.

The Brightest Void' gives more than a first taste of 'The Shadow Self;' it is a full album filled with nine songs!

I am sure that everyone will immediately discover how much 'The Brightest Void' and 'The Shadow Self' are entwined with each other but, at the same time, are two independent records which stand on their own.

I wake up usually quite late, just in time for the lunch, especially if I sleep badly during the night.

After all these years, being alone, creating your art and finding your way, finding the path I wanted to take, writing the songs, being more comfortable and confident in what I do, it's been actually an incredible joyride.

For me, there are no borders in music in general.

I've always enjoyed the respect from my male colleagues or my audiences all over the world. I've never suffered by the fact of being a woman on the road.

I love photography myself.

I have to be cautious about how I dress, what I eat/drink and when I sleep so that my voice can shine as its best in each of my shows.

I was kind of, I would say, even obsessed with music. I wanted to start learning piano when I was six years old, and after that, my parents were very supportive and they took me to several kinds of music lessons. So music filled all my childhood.

When I need some energy in the morning I can put a metal CD in my player, because it gets me going! Classical music will send me off the road!

Christmas for me is a time for being close to my family and those close to me.

Since many years, I realized that I have a darker side in me, even though I still believe I'm a very positive person. But still, there is still darkness that makes me write music and create in general, and it affects everything that I do. I believe it's a beautiful darkness.

I love music, and that is what I care for, and that is what I deliver for people.

Music is emotion; it's a beautiful thing that connects people despite their age or differences or cultural differences and anything. We are still the same, and we can love the same things.

I finished my university studies with classical music while being in a successful metal band, but that was not an easy task at all.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

When I'm doing something, I do it with my heart. And so if I feel good about something, I'm going for it; one hundred percent I'm on it.

Paulo Coelho is a very important writer, and I have discovered a lot about myself through his texts.

I was with Nightwish for such a long time that I still feel the band as a part of myself. I was one of the most important elements in Nightwish for nine years, and the band was an essential part of myself too.

I like to keep the big dynamic changes between my songs, so that album songs feel radically different from each other.

My fans have been the power behind me and beside me, they have been holding me awake, and so they are my winter storm.

I wouldn't call myself at all as a crossover artist - I kind of hate that word - but in a way, you need to see me like that, because I'm working in classical music, I'm doing these other projects, and I'm having a rock career at the same time.