Maria Brink

“I've said it before: just being a pretty face ain't going to get you that far. It has to be about whatever the art behind it is and what the message is and what the music is, the purpose.”

“I think it really comes down to, it doesn't matter if it's a girl or man, it's about if you have something to say, it's about the music, you know?”

“I think I'd have to say that 'The Shining' is my scariest movie ever.”

“If people buy into the band, you'll always have tour that sells and you'll always have that diehard base.”

“I knew I wanted to be a singer at 5 years old! It just took me a few more years to truly manifest my dream into reality.”

“We are resilient beings and need to realize our incredible strengths.”

“I don't believe people who think dreams aren't reality nor will they ever be. We follow that theory of making it a reality.”

“I love all the pain I have endured because it has also taught me about love.”

“Black Widow' is a metaphor for this innocent young girl who gets infected with life, traumas, experiences, and the balance of light and darkness. She becomes this poised and powerful creature. That's the album.”

“We had a demo recorded that we made available on our MySpace site, and that was quite successful for us too, but not on the same level as 'Beautiful Tragedy.'”

“My mom is a total free-spirited hippie flower child. Always has been.”

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

“All of us in the band are huge Queensryche fans, and Geoff Tate is one of the best lead singers in the business.”

“The numbers in women in rock 'n' roll and metal are pretty much growing a lot, which is a great thing.”

“It can't just be about being sexy. It has to have all the emotions involved, I think, on the album and in the live show. Because if you do all sex, you lose all of the other beautiful things that should be a part of it... And just being sexy will get you nowhere.”

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

“People think that once a band is 'big' that they make a ton of money, but that's not true. It's hard to make money. It's financially a hard business until you hit gold. However, that only makes you strive toward your goal more and work harder because of it.”

“I did the underground scene growing up. I lived in Albany, New York so I'd go see Stigmata, Hatebreed, Murphy's Law so I was in that whole scene.”

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

“I wear like lip gloss and my hair is always really natural, and I'm a really kind of natural free spirit in my everyday life who has crystals and I burn sage, and I think I find a lot of calming beauty in that stuff.”