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

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 the riddle you have yet to solve

She wasn't the type. Her idea of exercise was lifting a fork.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

When I was first introduced to the music of Jacques Brel, I was totally floored. I had never heard anything as intelligent or sexy or angry as his music.

Every local church has a leader but it seems so few local churches are being led.

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

And if our future Lies on the final line Are we brave enough To see the signals and the signs?

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

My good friend, the poet Kofi Natambu, once said, "Contradiction is how we operate."

Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.