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“Just because the gender of the vocalist is the same, that doesn't actually tell you anything about the sound of the band.”
“When I hear from fans that they not only like the music but they're also very touched by the lyrics, or they also learned about a specific cause because of me, that's really rewarding.”
“I agree that it's absurd to call a category of music 'female-fronted metal,' because if you look at Otep or Epica or Arch Enemy, we don't sound anything alike.”
“I think one of the reasons that Arch Enemy gels so well as people and musically is because we all share very similar values when it comes to human rights, animal rights... even politics, religion.”
“The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.”
“When I was in high school, I started organizing fundraisers and other events for people like PETA and Greenpeace.”
“Fighting the ongoing war in your day-to-day life, everybody has their battle going on that nobody else knows about.”
“I work out a lot. I started to work out on the road as much as I can, but I work out a lot at home to keep myself in good shape.”
“I've been vegan longer than I've been a singer. And it's definitely something that I try to put across in my work, but that's just because I really care about it.”
“It's fun for me, and I love singing Arch Enemy stuff without clean singing, but I think it would be cool to introduce it. It's just a matter of if it feels right.”
“It's almost like a theater, where I can play a character in every song, 'cause Kamelot songs are very... There's always a narrative going on. There's a story within albums and in songs, so I get to play a character and sing it in a different way than people might recognize coming from me.”
“I love 'hearing a person's face' in their music. I've been told by fans that they can tell when I'm smiling or feeling mischievous in my voice - that's a huge compliment.”
“It's totally natural to me to be vegan.”
“I am one of the few but very lucky people who grew up in a vegetarian household. So, I was vegetarian since birth along with my mother, sister, and brother.”
“I've seen a couple of singer switches happen right before my eyes, one being Roy Khan to Tommy Karevik in Kamelot, and the other was Anette Olzon to Floor Jansen in Nightwish. Those happened with me present, and I saw how well the fans took to these singers because they were presented in the proper way.”
“Lzzy Hale could sing me the dictionary, and I would swoon. She is so amazingly talented, and her voice is absolutely delicious.”
“I'm always, always really health conscious - even more so on tour.”
“The way I see it, I am lucky to be alive and well, and I only wish the same for others.”
“I have a hard time writing happy things. I really just don't find it that interesting for me personally to write about that.”
“For me, my 'will to power,' I guess, is just to live a positive life and spread positivity as much as possible to other people and other living beings and hope that with whatever audience I have for my voice, I can actually do some good in the world.”