Quotes from Alissa White-Gluz

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.

We can do many different things as a band. But that doesn't mean we should do that. If we did all we're capable of, it doesn't necessarily mean we'd be writing better songs. None of us are huge fans of bands that seem to go, 'OK, I'm gonna sing for no reason and then scream for no reason just because I can.'

Fighting the ongoing war in your day-to-day life, everybody has their battle going on that nobody else knows about.

Personally, I would never use sexuality or looks as a selling point.

When I was in high school, I started organizing fundraisers and other events for people like PETA and Greenpeace.

That's one of the reasons I'm vegan. Death terrifies me. I don't want to impose death on anyone else.

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 totally natural to me to be vegan.

Is it hard to be vegan? Absolutely not. It would be hard to not be vegan.

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.

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.

The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.

I love doing clean singing, which is one of the main things that drives me back to Kamelot all the time.

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.

I never took lessons. And I never aspired to be a singer until I was one in a band.

The most common time I write lyrics is the middle of the night.

I like to write lyrics when I feel it, and because of that, I like to keep a log of lyrics all the time.

I really like writing poetry and lyrics because it's one thing where I give up control. I don't feel like I need to be in control of it. I just sort of let it happen, and then I know when it's done. I know when it's finished.