We're not partying out on the road, but we still have fun.

We always wanted to have this big show. So we just kind of started doing little things, like building our own little props, and starting to put on a show. And we just started seeing the response, and it felt amazing to us, and then I fell in love with it.

I get it from everything - anything that's theatrical, watching the other bands, looking up Vegas shows online... anything that can just inspire me. I'm always searching for inspiration.

In This Moment has gone through some big changes.

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 more diverse sounding than that.

I love conceptual art and artistic expression.

You have to hustle and work hard, but we have been fortunate with big crowds and having a good time.

With rock 'n' roll, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, the Runaways, there was always that feminine spirit.

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

I love my mom. I think my mom is responsible for me loving music and being in music because she subjected it to me at such a young age.

I do tend to fall to the dark side of things visually sometimes.

World In Flames' is pretty powerful to me, it's about waking up in the middle of the night, the whole world has ignited into flames, and I'm there alone. And it's kind of like a fear of dying alone and the whole world is burning.

We didn't want it to end up in discussions where we would talk about whether this song needed to be more metal, whether I needed to scream more in that song or whether I shouldn't sing quite as much in those songs because metalheads wouldn't like that.

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

I struggled with kind of fighting with the inner illnesses within myself where my psychological madness and I have always kind of struggled with different disorders and mental things and so the biggest thing that I was kind of always ashamed of or being embarrassed of was kind of that.

My Maria on stage definitely is a real natural part of who I am, but obviously I can't walk around as that girl. You know what I mean? It's definitely an alter ego, but it is part of who I am, it is who I am, it is my life.

I completely, 100 percent got bullied, and I'd still stick up for myself and try to be strong, but it was always so deeply painful.

Everyone has their own right to their own point of view and everyone has their own perception of everything and everyone doesn't have to love me, obviously, but I just think that it's too much when people say that they want you to die and it can be so dark and mean.

We had a demo recorded that we made available on our MySpace site, and that was quite successful for us too, but not on the same level as 'Beautiful Tragedy.'

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

Black Widow' is a metaphor for this innocent young girl who gets infected with life, traumas, experiences, and the balance of light and darkness. She becomes this poised and powerful creature. That's the album.

I'm a Sagittarius and I love adventure and new beginnings, new experiences, because it makes me feel like I'm living.

I've said it before: just being a pretty face ain't going to get you that far. It has to be about whatever the art behind it is and what the message is and what the music is, the purpose.

When I was touring in Texas, that was before iPods and Spotify. Driving around through towns, I had to, out of necessity, scroll the radio. Whatever region of the country you are in, that's a great way to find out what they listen to. You find music wherever you are, and that becomes the soundtrack for whatever your road trip is.