Christmas for me is a time for being close to my family and those close to me. — Tarja Turunen Being Copy Share Image
Since I was a little child, I always wanted to do music. That was my passion. — Tarja Turunen Always Copy Share Image
I love music, and that is what I care for, and that is what I deliver for people. — Tarja Turunen Care Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music when I need to relax. It depends a lot on mood. — Tarja Turunen Classical Copy Share Image
You need to think and live your life. You only live once. That's how it is. — Tarja Turunen Life Copy Share Image
I have sung at Christmas many times in Finland, especially in churches. — Tarja Turunen Christmas Copy Share Image
I never thought in my whole life of becoming a heavy metal singer, but it just happened because I took the challenge. — Tarja Turunen Becoming Copy Share Image
I would be ready to rejoin Nightwish if all the members of the band and the management team were changed. — Tarja Turunen Band Copy Share Image
I like to keep the big dynamic changes between my songs, so that album songs feel radically different from each other. — Tarja Turunen Between Copy Share Image
The Brightest Void' gives more than a first taste of 'The Shadow Self;' it is a full album filled with nine songs! — Tarja Turunen More Copy Share Image
I feel my voice can fit in many things so it's very interesting to combine things and music styles. — Tarja Turunen Feel Copy Share Image
Paulo Coelho is a very important writer, and I have discovered a lot about myself through his texts. — Tarja Turunen About Copy Share Image
Gold, we think, is something polished and perfect, sophisticated, a luxury. But in its natural state, it's a raw element. — Tarja Turunen Gold Copy Share Image
Myself, I would love to record and film every performance I make, as each concert is special and unique. — Tarja Turunen Concert Copy Share Image
I have very different kinds of songs - there are these film-music-type of songs, and then metal, metal, metal, ha-ha! These are… — Tarja Turunen Metal Copy Share Image
I was with Nightwish for such a long time that I still feel the band as a part of myself. I was… — Tarja Turunen Band Copy Share Image
I do always the music before the lyrics. The story or an idea for the lyrics appears during the composing process normally,… — Tarja Turunen Composing Copy Share Image
Since many years, I realized that I have a darker side in me, even though I still believe I'm a very positive… — Tarja Turunen Beautiful Copy Share Image
Music is emotion; it's a beautiful thing that connects people despite their age or differences or cultural differences and anything. We are… — Tarja Turunen Age Copy Share Image
Actually, the whole thing of being a solo artist has been such a learning process for me. Since I departed from my… — Tarja Turunen Air Copy Share Image
After all these years, being alone, creating your art and finding your way, finding the path I wanted to take, writing the… — Tarja Turunen Alone Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down in front of my piano, I like to improvise with the instrument. It depends on my mood… — Tarja Turunen Day Copy Share Image
I go to metal concerts as well as classical concerts, and I love both of them. — Tarja Turunen Concerts Copy Share Image
I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself. — Tarja Turunen Art Copy Share Image
I have to be cautious about how I dress, what I eat/drink and when I sleep so that my voice can shine… — Tarja Turunen Best Copy Share Image
I think that when I am making music, if I can be really happy with it and get my message across, then… — Tarja Turunen Happy Copy Share Image
With my classical training and coming from a metal band, producers didn't know what to expect. I like to shock people, though. — Tarja Turunen Band Copy Share Image
My fans have been the power behind me and beside me, they have been holding me awake, and so they are my… — Tarja Turunen Behind Copy Share Image
It is vital for me to make progress as a lyrical singer since it also helps me to sing rock better. — Tarja Turunen Better Copy Share Image
I finished my university studies with classical music while being in a successful metal band, but that was not an easy task… — Tarja Turunen Band Copy Share Image
If I'm singing powerfully, I need something powerful behind me so that I don't feel like I am left alone. — Tarja Turunen Alone Copy Share Image
I'm happy, I'm healthy, I am not looking backwards - I'm only heading towards some kind of dreams of mine and living… — Tarja Turunen Dreams Copy Share Image
If you think of people, the majority of us, we can't do what we really love. I am really grateful that I… — Tarja Turunen Dreams Copy Share Image
Sometimes a song can be born in few minutes, if the feeling is right, some other times it can take days. — Tarja Turunen Born Copy Share Image