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.

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

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

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.

The most and best of us depend on others

There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker.

Powerlessness is such a lure, such a poisonous lure.

Victories turned inside outBut no surrenderCemeteries of remorseThe beaten champion sobbingGhosts move in to shield his tears

To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle.

What is more important in a library than anything else-than everything else-is the fact that it exists.

Isn't life strange? There are people who have so many leftover clothes they can't stuff them all in their wardrobe. And then there are people like me, whose socks never match.

I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in your heart, but not in other people's sight.

I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, "It's a sin for you to play anytime."

It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.