I never took lessons. And I never aspired to be a singer until I was one in a band. Alissa White-Gluz More Quotes by Alissa White-Gluz More Quotes From Alissa White-Gluz Lzzy Hale could sing me the dictionary, and I would swoon. She is so amazingly talented, and her voice is absolutely delicious. Alissa White-Gluz her she me voice For some reason, people don't want to see a girl onstage. Whether it's a girl or a guy, if you like the music, who cares? Alissa White-Gluz you music girl people It's pretty clear I am a diehard Chris Cornell fan, so his voice, musicianship, and lyrics have touched me across many different projects. Alissa White-Gluz i-am me voice different 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. Alissa White-Gluz politics animal people religion I have read and heard so many stories from people all around the world describing how they've found their own reason to believe through Arch Enemy, and that genuinely inspires me and keeps me going. Alissa White-Gluz me believe people world 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. Alissa White-Gluz face feeling music love Some people are really surprised that I can sing different ways. Alissa White-Gluz some-people some i-can people 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.' Alissa White-Gluz better go i-can writing 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. Alissa White-Gluz friends music remember long Playing with my sister - we always had musical instruments lying around the house. Alissa White-Gluz playing always sister house 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. Alissa White-Gluz i-am brother mother people It's totally natural to me to be vegan. Alissa White-Gluz totally me vegan natural I feel just as much a part of 'War Eternal' as I do 'Will to Power.' Alissa White-Gluz will feel power war We should be pointing out people's accomplishments rather than their looks, but if it can promote our band, why not? Alissa White-Gluz why band people looks 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. Alissa White-Gluz loving me people way Anywhere we go in the States, people know we're from out of town: like, we stick out like sore thumbs. People are like, 'Freaks! Go cut your hair!' and whatever. It's a little weird. Alissa White-Gluz weird know hair people I haven't seen too many similarities between Montreal and American cities. Alissa White-Gluz similarities american seen montreal I had my first band. it was kind of a progressive metal band kind of thing. I just started writing songs that required more and more challenging vocals, and I just did them. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? So I just sort of did what I had to do to make the songs sound the way I wanted them to. Alissa White-Gluz mother sound writing way 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. Alissa White-Gluz find think jesus-christ love 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. Alissa White-Gluz end cool voice song