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.

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.

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 amount of books or films or series which are you going to watch doesn't matter as far as long you understand all of them and keep track of all them.

Everyone's afraid, but I'm not. Because I loved your father my whole life. I still do.

Cause sometimes what makes you two is shadow and you.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

A wise word is more rare than the green emerald, and one can find the word of wisdom even amongst the slave girls making grain.

It's really important to take time for yourself because if you don't know what it is like to be a real person and spend time with a sense of normality, how can you play normal people in films?

Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C.

Those who walk with God always reach their destination.

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed.

The theater community at large, I have to say, has just been so warm and so welcoming, and that's not something I'm as used to.