Amy Lee

The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices. ”

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all. ”

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher. ”

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. ”

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

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval. ”

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