American - Musician | December 13, 1981 -
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.
Amy Lee
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I love folk; that's a big part of my background.
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I'm the goofball. I'm the person cracking people up.
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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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Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.
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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 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'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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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.
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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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'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.
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When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.
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