Alissa White-Gluz Quotes
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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.
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I do guest vocals all the time.
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Often the 'lead' of a classical song will have something really cool to its melody that - even though it might be a violin or something doing it in the song - I end up wanting to try something like that with my voice.
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I wasn't raised in any way where I was forced to be a vegetarian, too. I always had the choice. My mom would say, 'I don't eat the stuff, so I won't cook it, but if you want to eat it, you can. Let me tell you why I don't eat it.' So she was open about it.
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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.
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I didn't have any doubts about joining Arch Enemy.
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I haven't seen too many similarities between Montreal and American cities.
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Fighting the ongoing war in your day-to-day life, everybody has their battle going on that nobody else knows about.
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I think 'War Eternal' - if I'm allowed to say it - for me, it's a masterpiece.
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We should be pointing out people's accomplishments rather than their looks, but if it can promote our band, why not?
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Lzzy Hale could sing me the dictionary, and I would swoon. She is so amazingly talented, and her voice is absolutely delicious.
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When I first started playing metal, lyrically, I sort of related a little bit more to the punk and hardcore scenes, where there was a lot more veganism and straight-edge people and people taking a stance for causes that they believe in.
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There's this company called Vega that sponsors us, and basically, what it is is a vegan health optimizer. But really it's a protein shake that has all the vitamins, all the enzymes, all the minerals, all the carbs, all the proteins... everything that you need to set yourself for the day.
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The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.
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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.
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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.
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A lot of my musician friends have the same kind of anxiety and panic when faced with crowds of people, and I do, too.
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As a female in metal, I'm going to get ostracized one way or another. So, if I'm going to have people hating me because I'm a female in metal, I might as well get people loving me because I'm a female in metal, too.
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I'm always, always really health conscious - even more so on tour.
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If any female - or male - does something in order to get 'likes' on their video or to get fans, they're being exploited, and they're actually selling out to a certain extent.
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I've done music as a hobby, either in musical theater or just jamming with friends, pretty much for as long as I can remember.
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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.
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I like musicals a lot. I think probably 'Jesus Christ Superstar' is my favorite. I love Andrew Lloyd Webber for the most part. It's rare that I'll find a musical that I don't like.
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I never took lessons. And I never aspired to be a singer until I was one in a band.