Amy Lee

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Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981 in Riverside, California) is the lead singer of the band Evanescence. A pianist, composer and lyricist, she's the author of a lot of the band's lyrics and music (from hit songs such as Bring Me To Life and Going Under - both co-authored with Ben Moody - to piano ballads Breathe No More and Give Unto Me).

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[edit] Short discography of Evanescence

[edit] On music, art and industry

  • "It doesn't matter where you are, an artist is an artist."
  • "I thought about taking antidepressants, but I think that takes your soul away. I remember thinking that if I made that choice, then I wouldn't be an artist anymore, because I wouldn't be able to feel anything."-Oct. 2006 Spin Magazine interview
  • "If all we ever sang about was how happy we are, we would be lying to ourselves. People try to escape their problems by getting drunk, partying and dancing them away. What really heals me is to sit down and think, face the facts, then you can get over it and be happy."
  • "I love choir, I'm a choir nerd."
  • "Inspiration always comes in the middle of the night, when you should be doing your homework."
  • "Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I'm like, 'Yeah!' And I love them, and they're my girls. And then they start to go downhill and people aren't paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that's all they have left. I swear to everything I've ever known, I will never do that."
  • "People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I can do whatever the hell I want!"
  • "I'm an artist, visual and musical, so it's cool for me to put clothes together and it is part of me, it's genuine. But I don't dress like that every day, come on. It's just a piece of me that's gone into evanescence and it's become that. It's almost a character, because it's just one element of who I am. It is me, but it's just one piece. And I'm like a thousand pieces, just like everybody is; there's a lot of elements to one personality."
  • "Some people at the shows are yelling, 'Marry me!' or whatever. And I'm like, 'Guys, let's just stop it.'"
  • "Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like... Screw you guys, I look good'"
  • "A lot of fans come up and say, 'This song changed my life, can you tell me what you meant when you wrote it?' or 'This song saved me when I had to go through a messy divorce.' It's really moving sometimes."
  • "All of a sudden you have to deal with all these things like royalties and publishing issues and percentages and this and that and the other thing. All that crap is a waste of space in my head that I could definitely do without. The business aspect of things really sucks when all you want to do is make music."
  • "The more skin I show, the less people think I write my own songs."
  • "I am a musician, not a stripper"
  • "We love playing live shows so much, I can't even tell you."
  • "Determination and remembering that it is all about the passion for the music. It shouldn't be about business, technical stuff, or rules. It should just be about love for the music. We are music lovers. I love my job. I love music more than anything on earth. If we can always keep in mind and remember that's what it should be about."
    About the key to success.
  • "We've all grown so much as musicians and as artists and as performers that I think [the next album] can do nothing but be better,"
    • On The Open Door.

[edit] Random

  • "If there's one thing I believe, its that I don’t know anything and anything can happen."
  • "It's ok - it's a big word. Americans, it's cool, whatever. I'm not gonna say anything, people should just read more books."
    • Talking about the band name.
  • "I am a little death obsessed, I always have been."
  • "The girl with the junk in the trunk will bunk with the best hunk."
  • "I love this shit! Is it on videotape?
    • In Anywhere But Home.
  • "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."
  • "I cry a lot - I don't know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff - sometimes sadness can be beautiful."
  • "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."
  • "Yes!!!"
    • When asked, if she's tired of the same old interview questions.
  • "I respect myself, I always have."
  • "Sometimes I pick my nose. There you have it."
  • "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."
  • "Just because I'm sitting down doesn't mean it won't rock."
    • Before playing Lithium, October 15, 2006 in Minneapolis
  • "Moo?..."
  • "Could you guys tone down the tornado of death here? I'm about to play a ballad!"
    • Said to a group of rowdy concert goers in the mosh pit before playing Lithium in Rapid City, Iowa.

[edit] On other people

  • "I love the boys. I couldn't do it without them."
    • About the guys in the band.
  • "He's full of crap. He signs everything."
  • "That's what this is all about."
    • About fans.
  • "When people approach me freaking out — shaking and crying — I just tell them I'm no different. I want to tell them that I'm nothing special. But I also don't want to ruin their moment. But there I was, pulling the same crap on Bjork. I felt like such a stupid fan."--The Evanescence Reference
    • About Bjork, fans
  • "I don't think either of us really fit in that well, and possibly that's what drew us together."
    • About them starting the band at camp.
  • "That was real. I climbed up that stuff. And I fell. But there's this shot where's this really really big fall and a girl with an unattractive ass. That's not my ass. I've got a way better ass than that girl."
    • Referring to double used in "Bring Me To Life" video
  • "Fuck you, pal."
    • Said to someone who kept yelling at Amy Lee to take off her shirt during a concert in London.
  • "Kiss my fucking ass in D minor!!"
  • "You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie."
  • "That's right, there's a grand piano on the stage. What are you gonna do about it? Look, I know I'm the only chick to be up here all day and I know I'm one of the only ones to be singing any melodies, but that doesn't mean we fucking suck! And I think you people know that. You guys have been good to us for the past 4 or 5 years and you're the reason we're back here. Thank you. I'm going to sit down at this piano for one song and I swear to you, it's not gonna put you to sleep. If it does, bring it! Keep throwing your shit up here. Because as far as I'm concerned, we fucking belong here."
    • Said to crowd at Download Festival 2007 after booing her for sitting at the piano.
  • "I wanna see all your hands in the air, I don't care how stupid you think you look. Rock and roll is about looking stupid. I mean- look at me!"
    • Said to crowd at the Family Values Tour in Holmdel, NJ on August 8, 2007.
  • "Evanescence is alive and well. John and Rocky were in Evanescence for four years and we shared some great times together playing live, but they were ready to move on and so we have parted ways. Evanescence is something I have loved and nurtured since I was 14, and I will continue to protect and fight for it as I always have."
  • "We're always missing each other on tour, like, 'I wish you were here so you can see this, this is awesome, I'm in Paris,' or whatever. It'll be fun to see how it works. I'm gonna try not to blow it. Mixing business with pleasure: sometimes it blows up in your face, but I'll try my best."
    • On Touring with Seether front man and [now ex-]boyfriend Shaun Morgan

[edit] Song meanings

  • "There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience."
  • "Open-mindedness. It's about waking up to all the things you've been missing for so long. One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months I'd been numb, just going through the motions of life."
  • "The lyrics are about coming out of a bad relationship. And when you're at the end of your rope, when you're at the point where you realize something has to change, that you can't go on living in the situation that you're in. It's cool. It's a very strong song."
  • "Going Under is about, how your fans can be overly demanding. and are literally like monsters"
    • About Going Under and its video
  • "That's the difference between us. Ben tends to write like a storyteller, and it's not necessarily from any kind of personal experience. I can't bring myself to write about anything I don't understand completely. For me, writing is always about some specific thing that's happened, so sometimes I feel a little distanced singing the song, but I still love it."
  • "A lot of our songs are written in a way that you could take them to mean several different things. That one was written by our drummer Rocky [Gray], who was in a Christian death metal band before he joined us. He told me that it is coming from a Christian standpoint, but it's about suicide. It's from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide and it's about the controversy in Christianity that if you commit suicide, will you go to heaven or hell? If all sins are forgiven after accepting Christ, why would there be an exception?"
    • About Tourniquet.
  • "Taking Over Me is about obsession. Like you're obsessed with someone who you believe is the one for you. I don't know. It's about obsession."
  • "This song is about loving someone so much that you could bring him back from dead."
    • About Even In Death.

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