Amy Lee

“I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.”

“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.”

“L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.”

“'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.”

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

“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.”

“The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are.”

“If there's one thing I believe, its that I don't know anything and anything can happen”

“I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the table with whoever I'm collaborating with.”

“I love the creative process. That's always been the closest thing to my heart, creating something.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 design a lot of things that I wear onstage, but I'm always looking for unique stuff. I like creative things, so anything I can find at a secondhand costume shop to a Helmut Lang store, it doesn't matter - just unique stuff.”

“Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.”

“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.”

“I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.”

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

“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'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough.”