1. Amy Lynn Lee was born on December 13,1981 and is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
75 Facts About Amy Lee
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Amy Lee is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Evanescence.
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Amy Lee has participated in other musical projects, including Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album, and composed music for several films, including War Story, Indigo Grey: The Passage, and the song "Speak to Me" for Voice from the Stone.
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Amy Lee is the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness foundation Out of the Shadows, and in 2012 was honored with United Cerebral Palsy's Luella Bennack Award for her work.
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Amy Lee was born on December 13,1981, in Riverside, California, to parents John Lee, who worked as a disc jockey and voice-over artist, and Sara Cargill.
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The oldest of five siblings, Amy Lee has two living sisters.
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Amy Lee said that when her little sister died, her "whole perception of life changed", and it influenced her rumination on death.
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Amy Lee wrote the songs "Hello" from Fallen and "Like You" from The Open Door for her late sister.
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Amy Lee spent time by herself creating, which became a self-soothing medium.
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Amy Lee discovered a passion for the piano in early childhood, wanting to play the instrument at age six after hearing her mother play.
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Amy Lee was first inspired by Mozart when she watched the 1984 film Amadeus at eight years old.
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Amy Lee wanted to take piano lessons, and studied classical piano for nine years.
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Amy Lee considers the Lacrimosa movement of Mozart's Requiem her favorite piece of music, and wove it into The Open Door song "Lacrymosa".
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Amy Lee began writing poetry about eternity and loneliness at age 10.
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Amy Lee's mother had expressed concern about her writing, suggesting she see a therapist.
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When her family moved to Little Rock, Amy Lee had a lot of pent-up "negativity".
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Amy Lee described the school as a "weird fit" for her, where she was a loner for a while, and experienced bullying for dressing differently, which she would later embrace during high school.
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Amy Lee found solace in writing, and joining the school choir helped her slowly gain confidence in her voice.
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Amy Lee was initially insecure as a singer, and only used singing as a vehicle for her writing.
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Originally wanting to focus on classical or film score composing, Amy Lee's plan changed as her "tastes got darker".
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Amy Lee found "so many similarities to be drawn, almost more so the further out you go on both sides".
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Amy Lee spent most of her free time making music at her house late at night.
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In 1994, Amy Lee played Moody a cassette tape of her playing guitar and singing a song she wrote and the two began working on music at Amy Lee's home.
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Amy Lee said it was a relief that he left because of tensions created within the band.
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Amy Lee called former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo to replace Moody on the Fallen tour, and he soon became Evanescence's permanent lead guitarist and Amy Lee's co-writing partner.
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Amy Lee later deemed it "one of those personal, hard moments, when beauty is born out of pain".
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Amy Lee referenced a session of interpreting recurring themes in her dreams, acknowledging a longstanding, deep-rooted feeling of "always something looming under the surface", which she later overcame.
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Amy Lee collaborated with Balsamo, co-writing music together for Evanescence's second album, The Open Door.
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Amy Lee said that the album's title was a reflection of it being "about the band"; unlike previous albums, the record was composed collaboratively as a band with all bandmembers contributing.
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In January 2014, it was reported that Amy Lee had filed a lawsuit against Wind-up Records for $1.5 million in unpaid royalties owed to the band.
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Amy Lee performed backup vocals for "Missing You", a song on Big Dismal's 2003 debut album Believe, and sang backup vocals on two songs with supergroup The Damning Well, though her vocals were taken off the final release due to record label issues.
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Amy Lee later performed a duet with her then-boyfriend Shaun Morgan on the track "Broken" for Seether's 2004 album Disclaimer II.
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In 2004, Amy Lee said she was working on music for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but that the music was rejected by the studio for being "too dark".
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Amy Lee said that she used part of the instrumental she wrote to segue into the last track of the album, "Good Enough".
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Amy Lee became the American chairperson for Out of the Shadows in 2006.
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Amy Lee's scene was recorded at Trinity Church in Manhattan, during which she wore a black velvet coat that previously belonged to Tim Burton.
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In February 2007, Amy Lee performed with Korn on their song "Freak on a Leash" for MTV Unplugged: Korn.
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Amy Lee is one of the celebrity cameos featured on the show.
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For Walt Disney Records' September 2008 release of Nightmare Revisited, Amy Lee covered "Sally's Song".
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Amy Lee stated during an October 2008 interview with The Gauntlet that she did not know whether or not she would begin a solo career, saying that she was "at a point where I don't know what is next".
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Amy Lee noted that Evanescence was still together as a band but that she found touring to be monotonous.
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Amy Lee reiterated that she was continuing to write songs, although she did not yet know what purpose they would serve.
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In 2011, Amy Lee covered "Halfway Down the Stairs" for Muppets: The Green Album and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" for the tribute album We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash in 2012.
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In 2012, Amy Lee received United Cerebral Palsy's Luella Bennack Award.
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Also, the message and integrity of Amy Lee's music has undeniably healed, inspired and transformed millions of women worldwide.
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On December 2,2013, it was announced that Amy Lee had teamed up with American composer Dave Eggar to create music for the American drama film War Story.
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Amy Lee added that for the music she blended various sounds and tones, mostly consisting of keyboard.
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Amy Lee revealed a 36-second teaser of the album on the same day.
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Amy Lee confirmed in an interview with Rolling Stone that she is "definitely working and making music with every intention of people hearing it at this point," as of October 2015.
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In December 2015, Amy Lee confirmed that she plans to complete some songs from an Evanescence album that was rejected by Wind-up Records in 2010.
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On September 14,2016, MTV News reported that Amy Lee had worked on music for the film Blind, starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore.
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On February 10,2017, Amy Lee released an English-language cover of Francesca Michielin's "L'amore esiste", which she heard while working on a film project in Italy.
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In 2018, Amy Lee collaborated with Veridia on their single, "I'll Never Be Ready", where she played piano.
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Amy Lee stated that collaborating on the song helped her cope with the passing of her brother, Robby.
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In 2019, Amy Lee collaborated with Lindsey Stirling on Stirling's 2019 album Artemis on the track and in the music video for "Love Goes On And On".
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Amy Lee appeared on Body Count's song "When I'm Gone" off their seventh album Carnivore, which was released on March 6,2020.
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The song was written and recorded the day before their orchestral show in Osaka on February 16,2020, where Amy Lee performed as a guest, but it was finished through file sharing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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On October 30,2020, Amy Lee featured on the Bring Me the Horizon song "One Day The Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death" from their EP Post Human: Survival Horror.
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Amy Lee voiced a character in the 2023 film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar.
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Amy Lee described her natural writing process as being "shut in" in isolation.
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Amy Lee prefers the feeling of a "clean slate" before she starts writing music, not setting a plan and "going with the flow of inspiration".
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Amy Lee generally writes lyrics last, working on music and sounds first before completing melodic ideas and realizing what she feels inspired to write about; often a mood she develops sonically informs her lyrically.
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Amy Lee said that she rarely starts writing with a specific intention, and discerns what she wants to express after stream of consciousness writing, which she later hones in on lyrically.
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Amy Lee regarded the process of creation and expressing herself through the arts as emancipation for herself, a cathartic outlet through which she could pour various emotions and process difficult experiences.
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Amy Lee attributed the dramatic sounds she developed in Evanescence to her desire to channel her biggest emotions through music.
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Amy Lee has cited influence from composers such as Mozart, Danny Elfman, and Hans Zimmer, and artists like Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos, Radiohead, Shirley Manson and Garbage, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pantera, Depeche Mode, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Joan Jett, and A Perfect Circle.
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Amy Lee has a recognizable fashion style, marked by her taste for Victorian-styled clothing and occasional use of gothic make-up.
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Amy Lee has been labelled a "gothic rock superstar" and a "style icon".
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Amy Lee explained and showcased some of her wardrobes in 2011, commenting that she would rather make her own clothes because it is hard to find exactly what she wants elsewhere.
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Amy Lee guided Evanescence imagery since its start, including the title theme, videos, and album artwork.
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Amy Lee was in a relationship with Seether's singer Shaun Morgan from 2003 to 2005.
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Amy Lee said that she has never been formally religious, but considers herself a Christian.
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Amy Lee said that Evanescence was not a Christian band and lyrically did not have any religious affiliation.
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Amy Lee has spoken about mental health, and stated that she has experienced anxiety and depression from an early age.
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Amy Lee considered her creative process to be a self-soothing activity.