26 Quotes by Amy Lee

Amy Lee is a singer, songwriter, and pianist best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and has won multiple awards for her music, including two Grammy Awards. Lee’s music is known for its emotional depth, powerful vocals, and haunting melodies. (Bio)

Amy Lee Quotes


If people are making fun of you then you’re probably doing something right. (Meaning)

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Don’t be afraid of the shadows, it only means there’s a light nearby. (Meaning)

Music is therapy for me. It’s my outlet for every negative thing I’ve ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.

You are who you are, there’s nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.

Nobody’s perfect. I’m perfectly flawed.

When you go through tragedy, you can either let that destroy you and you become bitter and never let it go, or you can let it make you stronger and let it make you grow. And that’s what I did. My lyrics are coming from a place that I want people to relate to and feel that they’re not alone.

If people are making fun of you, then you’re probably doing something right.

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

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? ‘Cause I can, I’m a rock star.

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I’m singing from my heart now more than ever. I’ve gotten a lot braver with my writing.

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!

We’ve all fallen, but at the same time we’re not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, ‘It’s going to be OK.’ “The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you.

It’s true we’re all a little insane.

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

Every time a cool rock chick or actress seems to respect themselves as a strong woman, I’m like, ‘Yeah!’ And I love them, and they’re my girls. And then they start to go downhill and people aren’t paying attention anymore. So they start stripping their clothes off, because that’s all they have left. I swear to everything I’ve ever known, I will never do that

You don’t have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented.

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

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Evanescence fans aren’t the popular kids in school. They aren’t the cheerleaders. It’s the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.

I’ve always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

So many nights I cried myself to sleep. Now that you love me, I love myself. I never thought I would say this. I never thought there’d be you.

A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

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.

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

― Amy Lee Quotes

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