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

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

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

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

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.

The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.

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!