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.

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.

It's always harder to be the one who's left behind than the one who leaves.

When you know who matters most to you, giving things up, even yourself, doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice.

I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"?

I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of judges overruling presidents on national security matters.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

The primary ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education.

Killing and gangbanging, that's just wrong.

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.