Floor Jansen

“Thinking Slayer's music is not my thing doesn't mean I don't respect the band for what they are and what they've done. I just won't play it. As I can imagine they won't listen to mine either, for that matter.”

“I'm studying Finnish, and it's one of the five most difficult languages in the world. And the more I learn, the more I realize that's definitely true.”

“Nightwish is my band, and so is Revamp. They both get my 100 percent, which is why I also cannot do them both at the same time. They're both my babies.”

“Now, when you've been in the band for three years, you get used to the position, in a sense. I don't think about it every day like, 'Oh my God, I'm the singer of Nightwish!'”

“I don't have a poker face at all - I have a very, very expressional face, and I have no control over that.”

“Everybody meets a lot of idiots in their line of work, not just in music.”

“I have creative energy in me that needs to come out one way or another, but that's where Revamp comes in.”

“Everybody needs to take a little distance from things.”

“When you used to be able to express yourself as an adult in your own language, or as I can do in English, for instance, it's sometimes hard to switch back to very simple talking, like I am forced to do in Finnish. So a real conversation, when I really wanna tell something, I can't do it in Finnish.”

“Unfortunately, life unfolds as it does, and you can't do everything at the same time, and you can't do some things if you can't spend the time.”

“I always feel I need to do well regardless of the level of the band.”

“I really like to meet people, but only when I have the energy for it.”

“When a pregnancy begins, those cells begin their mitosis, and during the first three months, everything from limbs to organs to the brain and neurological system is being developed, and I never realized that would consume so much energy: it drains every bit of energy you have, and your hormonal status is changed dramatically!”

“Not everyone is as equally as adventurous as me. I get that.”

“I think every physiotherapist will tell you that it's not a very good idea, and there are many musicians in the metal scene who have suffered severe damage - like, the guitar player from Iced Earth, Jon Schaffer, had severe neck problems due to headbanging.”

“I've studied classical singing, but not to a great extent.”

“To be honest, I deliberately tend not to post things like 'I'm having a relationship' or where I live. I'm a bit reluctant to keep this kind of information up to date because people are inclined to see things like that as statements, and I rather keep a little bit of privacy, if possible at all.”

“I'm very happy with what I can bring into Nightwish, but I will probably want to keep on writing things. And that can take many forms as well.”

“I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.”

“Who on earth would expect a band such as Nightwish, to give you, of all people, the phone call, 'Hey, can you come and join us now?' Yeah, that turned everything upside down.”