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.

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.

May we be zealous for more of God.

Time is now. Live a fuller life.

Your story should inspire others. Your journey should inspire you.

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

[Harper] once told a friend, "I think about strategy twenty-four hours a day, " and it was only a small exaggeration.

Truth is relative!

I don't use the word 'pressure.' I use the word 'expectation.' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me.

We either have a country or we don't. America is a country of laws. We either have a border or we don't.

Sitting eating sushi in the city, incredibly chilled out reading Nietzsche.

When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.