Quotes from Amy Lee

The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices.

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.

We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.

I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

If there's one thing I believe, its that I don't know anything and anything can happen

I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.

I cry a lot-I don't know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful

If there's one thing I believe, its that I don't know anything and anything can happen

Theres nothing sexy about skin and Bone, Urgh, you gotta have some junk in the trunk

It's dark, spooky, and I LOVE it!

It's true we're all a little insane

people die, but real love is forever

You don't have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented.

as much as I like the past not to excist but it still does

Your vibe attracts your tribe.

You should be too busy watering your own grass to notice if someone else's is greener.

I'm still waiting for the rain to fall, pouring life down on me

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.