Amy Lee Quotes
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I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.
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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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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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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 dancing them away. What really heals me is to sit down and think, face the facts, then you can get over it and be happy.
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I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.
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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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Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.
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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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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 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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If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.
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When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that's what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they're not alone.
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It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think.
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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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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 refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.
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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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Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.
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My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!
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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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The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are.
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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.