Amy Lee Quotes

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be.

Evanescence fans aren't the popular kids in school. They aren't the cheerleaders. It's the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.

A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

I love sushi. But after too much of it, it just starts to taste like a dead animal that hasn't been cooked.

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.

Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star.

I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.

People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I cand do whatever the hell I want!

If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.

The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!

I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.

It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary.

There's nothing sexy about skin and bone. You gotta have some junk in the trunk.

So many nights I cried myself to sleep. Now that you love me, I love myself. I never thought I would say this. I never thought there'd be you.

We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think

I cry alot-I dont know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful

I'm the goofball. I'm the person cracking people up.

I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.

I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.

It's true we're all a little insane.

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.

Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.

Something that's fun for me is a challenge. When you have a challenge and you take on that challenge and succeed, that's the best feeling.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.

Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'

The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.

That's where I spent of lot of my high-school years -- in the closet. It wasn't too cramped, but you do get really hot.

There's one thing I believe, is that I don't know anything and anything could happen.

Too bad you can't quote the look on my face.

My best friend recently told me that I was the most passionate person she's ever known. I don't know if that was a compliment or an insult, honestly.

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

When you're miserable, you don't want anyone around you to be happy.

I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher.

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.