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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.
Amy Lee
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Amy Lee
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: December 13
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Riverside
California
Amy Lynn Hartzler
Amy Lynn Lee
Amy Hartzler
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L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me it's not inspiring.
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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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Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.
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I've gotten to where my hair is like my onstage prop I need to hide behind it and throw it around - it's my slo-mo effect.
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I don't want to be Christina Aguilera. I want to be Amy Lee, rock queen - not sex queen.
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