Amy Lee
Amy Lee
Amy Lynn Hartzler, known professionally as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter, classically trained pianist and composer. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. Along with her contributions with the band, Lee has also participated on numerous other musical projects including Walt Disney Records' Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album. Lee has performed collaborations with artists such as Korn, Seether, and David Hodges. Lee is also the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 December 1981
CityRiverside, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control.
You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.
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.
The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are.
Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.
L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.
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
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.
Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!'
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?'
My best friend recently told me that I was the most passionate person she's ever known. I don't know if that was a compliment or an insult, honestly.
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.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way.
I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.