I love folk; that's a big part of my background.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes we grieve the living more than the dead.

Life is about fulfillment. If your life isn't fulfilled, your stomach can never supply what's missing.

Thirteen years I took on this last book.

The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.

There is the opportunity to do more and better if you're smaller and more nimble.

It's okay to rest. Jesus fights when you cannot.

My eye, though, is set on Miley [Cyrus].

I do not know if I am mistaken, but it seems that one can obtain more truths, important to Humanity, from Chemistry than from any other Science.

Sanity is a cozy lie.