If she could choose, she'd expand her band with John Mayor or Dave Grohl as guitarists, Flee as a base player, Alicia Keys as a piano player, and Jarle Bernhoft doing the backing vocals.
Maria Mena: I don't fit in anywhere and I've come to embrace that. I like it because I'm odd, I'm weird, I'm hard-to-get. I think all artists are misfits. It takes something extra to be able to explore yourself like that, to give so much of yourself.
Maria Mena: I want to be both a studio artist and a live artist. It's important to meet with the audience. It's very exciting, especially on Norwegian Wood [A Norwegian music festival], which I feel strongly about.