"I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her."
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"Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'"
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"I've realized that Evanescence is who I am."
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"I've gotten to where my hair is like my onstage prop; I need to hide behind it and throw it around - it's my slo-mo effect."
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"Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?'"
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"I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher."
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"I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me."
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"I like Israel. The fans are incredible. It was the best."
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"Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot."
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"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."
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"I really do listen to all types of music, not only rock, but everything from good pop music - which is usually older pop music - to RB and indie rock. I love indie rock more than a lot of the commercial stuff that you'd expect."
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"Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!"
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"The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are."
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"I write by myself initially. That's the way I've always written, just working on pure thought by myself. Then I bring it to the table with whoever I'm collaborating with."
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"When Evanescence took time off, I bought a big concert harp and started taking lessons like I was in high school again, which was really, really fun. I felt like I was learning again."
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"At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order."
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"I love folk; that's a big part of my background."
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"The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices."
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"I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough."
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