Amy Lee Quotes

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

Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.

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

Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

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.

If people are making fun of you, then you're probably doing something right.

The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.

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

I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.

We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

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!

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 thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you.

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

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.

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

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

You don’t have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented.

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

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.

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

It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary.

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

There's nothing sexy about skin and bone. You gotta have some junk in the trunk.