At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order..

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

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

I cry alot-I dont know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful.

It's true we're all a little insane..

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 i….

I've realized that Evanescence is who I am..

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby..

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. C….

Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not ….

Too bad you can't quote the look on my face..

Something that's fun for me is a challenge. When you have a challenge and you take on that challenge and succeed, that's the best feeling..

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie..

So many nights I cried myself to sleep. Now that you love me, I love myself. I never thought I would say this. I never thought there'd be you..

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 Sh….

I've gotten to where my hair is like my onstage prop; I need to hide behind it and throw it around - it's my slo-mo effect..

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

I design a lot of things that I wear onstage, but I'm always looking for unique stuff. I like creative things, so anything I can find at a secondhand….

It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think.

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

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….