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

People told me I can't dress like a fairy. I say, I'm in a rock band and I cand do whatever the hell I want!

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

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

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.

When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that's what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they're not alone.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.