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

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

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

I refuse to accept Pluto's resignation as a planet.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

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.

That's where I spent of lot of my high-school years -- in the closet. It wasn't too cramped, but you do get really hot.