Amy Lee Quotes

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Amy Lee

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 13, 1981

I want to work with kids. I would love to be a teacher.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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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There's nothing sexy about skin and bone. You gotta have some junk in the trunk.

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I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

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I love sushi. But after too much of it, it just starts to taste like a dead animal that hasn't been cooked.

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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 love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.

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I think it's important to realize that we're all just human. I mean, nobody is supernatural.

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I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

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I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.

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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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The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

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

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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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We've never been a religious band, but the media wants us to be.

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