I design a lot of things that I wear onstage, but I'm always looking for unique stuff. I like creative things, so anything I can find at a secondhand costume shop to a Helmut Lang store, it doesn't matter - just unique stuff.

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.

Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.

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

It's okay to laugh at me, I only look scary.

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

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.