Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star..

I don't want to be Christina Aguilera. I want to be Amy Lee, rock queen - not sex queen..

I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me..

The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are..

My best friend recently told me that I was the most passionate person she's ever known. I don't know if that was a compliment or an insult, honestly..

I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK.' "The only t….

If all we ever sang about was how happy we are, we would be lying to ourselves. People try to escape their problems by getting drunk, partying and da….

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework..

I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the table with whoever I'….

I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her..

Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I'm like, 'Yeah!' And I love them, and they're my girls. And t….

I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something..

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….

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..

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

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

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….

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

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….

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