Amy Lee Quotes
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My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!
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That's where I spent of lot of my high-school years -- in the closet. It wasn't too cramped, but you do get really hot.
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Evanescence fans aren't the popular kids in school. They aren't the cheerleaders. It's the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.
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It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.
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I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.
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My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.
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Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'
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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 be miserable?'
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I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough.
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If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.
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I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually older pop music - to RB and indie rock. I love indie rock more than a lot of the commercial stuff that you'd expect.
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I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.
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I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.
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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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I like Israel. The fans are incredible. It was the best.
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I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher.
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I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.
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Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.
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At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.
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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. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.
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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 costume shop to a Helmut Lang store, it doesn't matter - just unique stuff.
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You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.
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L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.