Amy Lee Quotes
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I don't want to be Christina Aguilera. I want to be Amy Lee, rock queen - not sex queen.
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When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.
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I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember having this cool realization that they are really similar. It's just different instrumentation.
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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'm collaborating with.
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Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.
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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.
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You don’t have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented.
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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.
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I cry alot-I dont know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful.
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It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think.
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I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.
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The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.
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People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I cand do whatever the hell I want!
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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 then they start to go downhill and people aren't paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that's all they have left. I swear to everything I've ever known, I will never do that.
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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.
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The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are.
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I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes me; think a lot of our heart is relationships. Not just with boyfriend or girlfriend but all your relationships in your life with other people and our interactions with other humans.
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Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.
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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.
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Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!
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There's one thing I believe, is that I don't know anything and anything could happen.
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I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.
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My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!
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When Evanescence took time off, I bought a big concert harp and started taking lessons like I was in high school again, which was really, really fun. I felt like I was learning again.