A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

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

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.

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.

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.

I love sushi. But after too much of it, it just starts to taste like a dead animal that hasn't been cooked.

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

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

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.

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.

Respond

Some of what we learned early on turned out to be true (the earth is round

It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words.

Find your inside beautyness. For me, being beautiful inside is more important that being beautiful outside. Make-up is so good for that because it helps to show your personality.

The way I read Billy Carter's testimony, he was a model citizen himself until the voters went and ruined his life by making his brother President.

...don't create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about.

Never argue, repeat your assertion.

Your troubles may point you to death and destruction, but God's Word points you to life.

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!