Maria Brink

I love everything from Deftones, to Pantera to M83.

— Maria Brink

People think they know who I am, but they don't.

— Maria Brink

I will not bow down to others' perceptions of me; I will only rise in the name of art, love and music.

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

My favorite moment in our In This Moment set is when I go out by myself to play a song on the…

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

I want us to have just one of the biggest shows in rock and roll.

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

I got to see Black Sabbath, Pantera and Deftones together, I remember that blew my mind completely.

— Maria Brink

I had a really young mom. We lived in, basically... the projects.

— Maria Brink

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…

— Maria Brink

Some people go to the gym and some people have different ways that they express themselves, and I do all mine through…

— Maria Brink

All of us in the band are huge Queensryche fans, and Geoff Tate is one of the best lead singers in the…

— Maria Brink

What kids out there who are getting bullied need to know is that it's not OK. There's a lot of reach-out programs,…

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

I love my mom. I think my mom is responsible for me loving music and being in music because she subjected it…

— Maria Brink

I don't think we're metalcore. To me, metalcore is more like hardcore-influenced metal, with lots of breakdowns. I think we're a lot…

— Maria Brink

I don't know what genre you would put us into, and I'm always telling people that. When I'm trying to explain In…

— Maria Brink

World In Flames' is pretty powerful to me, it's about waking up in the middle of the night, the whole world has…

— Maria Brink

I struggled with kind of fighting with the inner illnesses within myself where my psychological madness and I have always kind of…

— Maria Brink

Mystery is great, that's what art is and I think when you can leave your imagination to grow, it's good. I just…

— Maria Brink

People think that once a band is 'big' that they make a ton of money, but that's not true. It's hard to…

— Maria Brink

Embrace who you are, and if people don't understand you, that's their own problem, that's their own insecurities. They're really the one…

— Maria Brink

I will buy sun dresses that I rip, burn and distress and then sew them back together.

— Maria Brink

If you see somebody getting bullied, step in, be the difference. Make the difference.

— Maria Brink

I actually rarely ever get hit on. Isn't that funny? People think I do, but I actually don't.

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

My mom always supports me in whatever it is that I do, and she loves me.

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

I think it's always beautiful to take hate in some form and turn it into something beautiful.

— Maria Brink

I am a lucky woman to have my loved ones and my experiences to open me up the way it has and…

— Maria Brink

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

— Maria Brink

Seriously, my grandma's like the oldest lady on ShipRocked every year. My grandma's crazy.

— Maria Brink

When I play piano by myself and sing, something really special happens. I connect to something that I love.

— Maria Brink

When I think of myself, I don't think I'm one of the 'hottest chicks in the world.' I have all kinds of…

— Maria Brink

The core of everything always has to be the music. If someone's in the dark and can't see what we look like,…

— Maria Brink

We had a demo recorded that we made available on our MySpace site, and that was quite successful for us too, but…

— Maria Brink

We really like to express ourselves artistically with all of the visuals and the theatrical side. It all plays a really important…

— Maria Brink

When you write music that you are very passionate about, being able to bring the visual aspect of it alive with the…

— Maria Brink