Like now what Urban Outfitters has become is very much how I always dressed in high school by going to garage sales and getting stuff for 50 cents. Cost a little more now, to look like crap.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.