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

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

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 never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

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.