The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

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.

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 refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

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

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.