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I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me.

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Amy Lee
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 13
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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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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.
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I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes me think a lot of our heart is relationships. Not just with boyfriend or girlfriend but all your relationships in your life with other people and our interactions with other humans.
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Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!
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When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.
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I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.
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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.
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When you're miserable, you don't want anyone around you to be happy.
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I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.
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There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.
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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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We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.
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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'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.
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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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The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.
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I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.
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At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.
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You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.
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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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