Amy Lee#Discography

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/amy-lee-of-evanescence-debuts-if-youre-a-star_n_57e3d716e4b08d73b82fbc0a|title=Amy Lee Of Evanescence Debuts 'If You're A Star'|work=Huffington Post|date=September 22, 2006|accessdate=October 5, 2022}}{{cite web|date=March 10, 2021|title="I needed to face the abyss head on": Evanescence's Bitter Truth laid bare|url=https://www.kerrang.com/i-needed-to-face-the-abyss-head-on-evanescences-bitter-truth-laid-bare/|accessdate=December 4, 2022|work=Kerrang!}} The oldest of five siblings, Lee has two living sisters.{{cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/my-brother-is-all-over-this-record-how-amy-lees-personal-tragedy-shaped-evanescences-new-album|title="My brother is all over this record": how Amy Lee's private tragedy shaped Evanescence's new album|work=Louder Sound|date=May 12, 2001|accessdate=October 5, 2022}} She had a younger sister who died at age three from an unidentified illness when Lee was six years old,{{cite web |url=https://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=47402&locid=6 |title=Robert "Robby" Thomas Lee |publisher=Roller Funeral Homes |access-date=April 20, 2020}} and a younger brother who died in 2018 at age 24 after struggling with severe epilepsy for most of his life.{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-why-amy-lee-is-done-being-silent |title=Evanescence: Why Amy Lee is done being silent|work=Kerrang!|date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=September 29, 2022}} Lee said that when her little sister died, her "whole perception of life changed", and it influenced her rumination on death.{{cite magazine|magazine=Access|title=Return of the Snow White Queen|date=October–November 2006|issue=84|first=Pamela|last=Chelin|page=14}} She wrote the songs "Hello" from Fallen and "Like You" from The Open Door for her late sister. After her sister's death, Lee did not allow herself "a lot of outward grief" to protect her parents' emotions. She spent time by herself creating, which became a self-soothing medium.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/amy-lee-evanescence-interview-2022|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on dealing with childhood grief: "When you're hurting, you grab on to anything that helps"|work=Metal Hammer|date=November 28, 2022|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331224328/https://www.loudersound.com/features/amy-lee-evanescence-interview-2022|archive-date=March 31, 2023|url-status=live}}

Lee discovered a passion for the piano in early childhood, wanting to play the instrument at age six after hearing her mother play.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/amy-lee-reflects-on-20-years-of-evanescence|title=Amy Lee: "It took a long time to get respect for being a creator and not just the 'pretty face'"|work=Metal Hammer|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=June 10, 2023}} Classical music was her first musical influence as a child, inspiring her to become a musician and composer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescences-amy-lee-no-matter-what-sex-you-are-you-have-to-stand-up-for-yourself-especially-when-it-comes-to-art|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: "No Matter What Sex You Are, You Have To Stand Up For Yourself"|work=Kerrang!|date=March 14, 2019|accessdate=October 2, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/28/979956210/evanescence-is-back-after-nearly-two-decades|title=Evanescence Is Back|publisher=NPR|date=March 28, 2021|access-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115142425/https://www.npr.org/2021/03/28/979956210/evanescence-is-back-after-nearly-two-decades|archive-date=January 15, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://revoltwines.com/2023/05/evanescence/|title=Evanescence|publisher=Revolt Wine|date=May 4, 2023|access-date=June 11, 2023}} She was first inspired by Mozart when she watched the 1984 film Amadeus at eight years old. Beethoven was another early classical inspiration, as well as Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer's film scores.{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/12/09/Evanescence-Halestorm-tour-Petersen-Events-Center/stories/202112030103|title=Q&A: Amy Lee and Lzzy Hale pour passion into Evanescence/Halestorm tour|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=December 9, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210000530/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/12/09/Evanescence-Halestorm-tour-Petersen-Events-Center/stories/202112030103|archive-date=December 10, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/music/qanda-with-evanescences-amy-lee-5704348|title=Q & A; With Evanescence's Amy Lee|work=Westword|date=November 21, 2007|accessdate=October 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126073616/https://www.westword.com/music/qanda-with-evanescences-amy-lee-5704348|archive-date=November 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/evanescence-amy-lee-fallen-20-year-reissue-interview|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Is Still Unearthing Things About 'Fallen'|work=Nylon|date=November 16, 2023|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118160015/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/evanescence-amy-lee-fallen-20-year-reissue-interview|archive-date=November 18, 2023|url-status=live}} She wanted to take piano lessons, and studied classical piano for nine years.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/second-cup-cafe-amy-lee-of-evanescence/|title=Second Cup Cafe: Amy Lee Of Evanescence|publisher=CBS News|date=November 9, 2007|accessdate=September 24, 2022}} Lee considers the Lacrimosa movement of Mozart's Requiem her favorite piece of music, and wove it into The Open Door song "Lacrymosa".{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/10/06/another-door-opens-for-amy-lee/45970169-5d79-4fdc-8325-04b8582f661a/|title=Another 'Door' Opens for Amy Lee|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 6, 2006|accessdate=October 5, 2022}}

Lee began writing poetry about eternity and loneliness at age 10.{{cite news |url=http://www.projo.com/music/content/lb_Amy_Lee_Evanescence_MUSIC_04-02-07_2Q2BQO0.21f3a3e.html |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee is 'feeling really, really good |work=The Providence Journal|first=Jon |last=Bream |date=April 2, 2007 |access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002093306/http://www.projo.com/music/content/lb_Amy_Lee_Evanescence_MUSIC_04-02-07_2Q2BQO0.21f3a3e.html|archive-date=October 2, 2007}} Her mother had expressed concern about her writing, suggesting she see a therapist. Lee thought about taking antidepressants at the time but chose not to as she felt it would take her "soul away" and she "wouldn't be able to feel anything."{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iemUgvxmQcYC&pg=PA67|title=She sold more than 15 million albums with Evanescence, only to find herself in abusive relationships |magazine=Spin |date=October 2006 |first=Melissa |last=Maerz |volume=22 |number=10 |pages=67–70 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=April 6, 2012}}{{cite news|title=Goth Queen Has Beaten the Gloom|work=The Sunday Telegraph|date=Sep 2006|first=James|last=Wigney}} One of the first songs she remembered writing was an instrumental piece called "Eternity of the Remorse", writing the sheet music when she was 11. Her first song with lyrics was called "A Single Tear", which she wrote for an eighth-grade assignment, recording it on a cassette tape and playing guitar while her friend from choir did backup vocals.

During her pre-teen years, Lee's family moved to many places, including West Palm Beach, Florida, and Rockford, Illinois, eventually settling in Little Rock, Arkansas.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-12-13-20-things-you-might-not-know-about-birthday-girl-amy-lee/|title=20 Things You Might Not Know About Birthday Girl Amy Lee|publisher=iHeartMedia|date=December 13, 2018|accessdate=October 2, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1670209/1991-pearl-jam-soundgarden-nirvana/|title=Evanescence, Matt Pinfield Remember 1991: When Rock Rocked|publisher=MTV|date=September 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407175705/https://www.mtv.com/news/1670209/1991-pearl-jam-soundgarden-nirvana/|archive-date=April 7, 2019|accessdate=October 2, 2022}} When her family moved to Little Rock, Lee had a lot of pent-up "negativity". In Little Rock, she attended Pulaski Academy, a private college preparatory school, starting in junior high. She 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.{{refn|{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ive0Nqv3p4A|title=The Oral History of Evanescence ft. Amy Lee|publisher=Alternative Press|date=March 29, 2021|accessdate=October 2, 2022}}}} Lee found solace in writing, and joining the school choir helped her slowly gain confidence in her voice.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/evanescence-amy-lee-voice-notes-the-bitter-truth/|title=Voice Notes: How Evanescence's Amy Lee brought her powerful vocals to life|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 23, 2021|accessdate=October 2, 2022}} She was in the alto section of her choir.{{Cite web|title=Amy Lee of Evanescence Virtual Meet and Greet - FM99 WNOR|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllpYRpnsEM|date=November 10, 2020|accessdate=December 20, 2020|publisher=WNOR|via=YouTube|time=11:35|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020150218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nllpYRpnsEM|archive-date=October 20, 2022|url-status=live}} Lee was initially insecure as a singer, and only used singing as a vehicle for her writing. A self-described "choir nerd",{{cite web|url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2006/09/30/evanescence-practices-in-stroudsburg-en/53043104007/|title=Evanescence practices in Stroudsburg en route to world tour|work=Pocono Record|date=September 30, 2006|accessdate=March 1, 2023}} she became president of her high school's choir, and wrote a choir piece called "Listen to the Rain", which the choir teacher liked and asked her to direct. The piece was performed by the choir in graduation.{{Cite episode|series=When I Was 17|network=MTV|date=2011|season=3|number=47}}

Originally wanting to focus on classical or film score composing, Lee's plan changed as her "tastes got darker". In late childhood and throughout her teens, she listened to a variety of musical styles, including alternative music, grunge, hard rock, industrial music, death metal, groove metal, and electronica artists like Björk and Portishead.{{refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/evanescence-the-world-according-amy-lee|title=Evanescence: the world according to Amy Lee|work=Louder Sound|date=November 22, 2016|accessdate=October 5, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArWsQlXkpk|title=Amy Lee on Evanescence Early Days and Everything Hard Rock – The RS Interview|publisher=Rolling Stone|via=YouTube|date=May 20, 2021|accessdate=October 5, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2001|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Says She Loves Pantera And Explains What Kind Of Metal She Likes - Rock Celebrities |url=https://rockcelebrities.net/evanescences-amy-lee-says-she-loves-pantera-and-explains-what-kind-of-metal-she-likes/ |access-date=October 18, 2022|website=RockCelebrities.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120200114/https://rockcelebrities.net/evanescences-amy-lee-says-she-loves-pantera-and-explains-what-kind-of-metal-she-likes/|archive-date=January 20, 2022|url-status=live}}}} Lee's earliest memory of wanting to fuse various musical genres, especially contrasting styles, was when she was training in classical piano and noticed that a "real shreddy" section of a composition from Baroque composer Bach resembled heavy metal. She found "so many similarities to be drawn, almost more so the further out you go on both sides".{{refn|{{cite magazine|title=Symphonic Possession|magazine=Kerrang!|date=October 2017|first=Sam|last=Law|issue=1694|pages=24–27}}}}

Lee's extra-curricular activities involved working on music, playing music with others from school, and freelance painting.{{refn|{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&t=931|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319144353/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgsjmNzO4&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2013-03-19|title=Scuzz Meets Evanescence |work=Scuzz TV|via=YouTube|author1=Beez|first2=Amy|last2=Lee|name-list-style=amp|date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=December 29, 2013}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Edge|title=Evanescence: New Royalty|first=Cathy|last=Campagna|date=2003|pages=21–24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/evanescences-amy-lee-on-growing-up-being-cool-and-sexuality-in-music|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on growing up, being cool, and sexuality in music|work=Classic Rock|date=November 6, 2017|access-date=March 1, 2023}}}} She spent most of her free time making music at her house late at night.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|title=Evanescence: "I'm so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me"|work=Kerrang!|date=November 15, 2023|first=George|last=Garner|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121044525/https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|archive-date=November 21, 2023|url-status=live}} By age 13, Lee was inspired to form her own band,{{cite instagram|user=Amy Lee |postid=Co7j00_Og97|title=So much fun at the Ryman with Bush last night!|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2023}} her musical vision for it being a fusion of her diverse musical tastes including cinematic and classical music, alternative, metal, and electronic music.{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/amy-lee-evanescences-fallen-20-we-fought-lot|title=Amy Lee On Evanescence's 'fallen' At 20: "We Fought For A Lot"|work=Revolver|date=November 14, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115132356/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/amy-lee-evanescences-fallen-20-we-fought-lot|archive-date=November 15, 2023|url-status=live}} In 1994, she met budding guitarist Ben Moody when she was 13 at a Christian youth camp; when others in the camp were playing sports, she played piano and he played acoustic guitar and she thought they could play music together.{{refn|}} Lee thinks what drew them together at the time was that they "didn't fit in that well" and were "out of [their] element in this silly camp environment."{{cite magazine|magazine=Guitar One|title=Breakthrough Artist: Evanescence|date=June 2003|first=Michael|last=Mueller|page=84}}

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In 1994, Lee played Moody a cassette tape of her playing guitar and singing a song she wrote and the two began working on music at Lee's home. They were soon performing acoustic sets at bookstores and coffee houses in Little Rock and co-founded Evanescence. What made Lee want to start Evanescence was "the idea of combinations that were unlikely".{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/evanescences-amy-lee-fight-democracy-time-rock-come-back-top/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: 'With the fight for democracy, it's time for rock to come back and be on top'|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329230038/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/evanescences-amy-lee-fight-democracy-time-rock-come-back-top/|archive-date=March 29, 2021}} Lee wanted to combine her various musical tastes, "bringing something from the cinematic and classical symphonic world and marrying it to metal, hard rock and alternative music." "There was all this music that was inspiring me. And Evanescence was the product of these two extremes combining". The duo independently recorded two EPs: Evanescence EP (1998) and Sound Asleep EP (1999).{{refn|{{cite magazine|title=Evanescence|magazine=PowerPlay|date=August 2003|issue=47|pages=9–11|first=Roland|last=Oei}}}} Their demos got them airplay on the local modern rock station in Little Rock, and helped them develop a local fanbase, play a couple of bigger shows a year, and hire guest musicians to perform other instruments live.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|title=Evanescence: Rock's New Dynamic Duo|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118015405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/09/12/evanescence-rocks-new-dynamic-duo/e4a4887e-c89c-48b9-8fc4-061e1d44657b/|archive-date=November 18, 2022|url-status=live}} Although Lee and Moody performed with guest musicians, Evanescence remained a duo.{{cite magazine|magazine=Rock Sound|title=Vanishing Point|first=Pierre|last=Perrone|date=2003|page=38|issn=1465-0185}} After graduating high school, Lee attended Middle Tennessee State University to study music theory and composition for film scoring, but left after a semester to solely focus on Evanescence.{{refn|{{cite magazine|magazine=Rock Sound|title=The First|first=Maddy|last=Howell|date=December 2020|page=62|issue=272}}{{cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ0yEabQK_E|title=Rockcast Basement Edition: Amy Lee of Evanescence|publisher=Cutter's Rockcast|date=July 21, 2021|access-date=July 11, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVRKffsvws|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?|publisher=Loudwire|date=October 26, 2016|accessdate=September 27, 2022}}}} They packaged a demo CD, Origin (2000), to showcase to record labels.{{cite interview|title=Dark Splendour|url=http://www.deo2.com/rock/?id=2280|website=deo2.com|first=Sasha|last=Stojanovic|date=August 10, 2003|access-date=April 27, 2023|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924171325/http://www.deo2.com/rock/?id=2280|archive-date=September 24, 2005|url-status=live}}

Evanescence was signed by Wind Up Records in 2001, and moved to Los Angeles, where they completed their debut album, Fallen (2003).{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-05-08-evanescence_x.htm|title=Evanescence lands someplace special|work=USA Today|date=May 8, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120401/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-05-08-evanescence_x.htm|archive-date=October 26, 2012}} Most of Lee's writing on Fallen was driven by her mindset during a relationship she was in with an abusive man. Some of the songs on the album were composed by Lee and Moody when they were young teens,{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/amy-lee-evanescence-the-bitter-truth-2902372|title=Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?! – Amy Lee, Evanescence|work=NME|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=November 17, 2022}} including three songs originally from their earlier independent records.{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Edge|title=Evanescence Brought to Life|first=Paul|last=Gargano|date=August 2003|pages=15–18|volume=49|issue=4|ref=Gargano03}} Lee and Moody said they did not consider their music to be "goth" or nu metal.{{cite magazine|magazine=Kerrang!|title=Amy Lee Faces Down Her Past|date=April 14, 2018|issue=1717|first=Ian|last=Winwood}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/evanescence-amy-lee-2020-interview|title=Emailing With Evanescence's Amy Lee|work=Nylon|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=July 11, 2023}} In October 2003, Moody left the band in the middle of the Fallen tour, citing "creative differences".{{cite web|url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p554863|pure_url=yes}} |title=Evanescence: Biography |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 7, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108214843/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/evanescence-mn0000787428/biography|archive-date=November 8, 2021}} Lee said it was a relief that he left because of tensions created within the band. "It was a really uncomfortable situation for everybody ... completely unstable and unhappy. ... I knew something was going to happen and I didn't know what and I was afraid everything we worked for had the potential of going down the toilet."{{Cite web|url=https://azdailysun.com/amy-lee-finds-freedom-in-preparing-evanescence-for-a-new-beginning/article_066745ff-a5bd-5986-bc3d-90305b2d24f1.html|title=Amy Lee finds freedom in preparing Evanescence for a new beginning|work=Arizona Daily Sun|date=October 14, 2014|accessdate=October 6, 2022}} Tour guitarist John LeCompt commented in 2006 that Lee "gained authority as soon as Ben Moody walked out the door. They had an equal partnership, but he was the man, he had to strangle the band, all the life out of it".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-evanescence1-story.html|title=Rock's a hard place -- ask Evanescence|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 1, 2006|accessdate=October 7, 2022}} In Lee's termination letter to their manager, she stated that Moody was physically and verbally abusive to her. With Moody gone, "a weight had been lifted".

Lee's creative disagreements with Moody included his strict approach to songwriting and focus on commerciality; he would "always be corralling" her ideas, and wanting to push the band in a more commercial, pop direction,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493917/evanescence-working-on-new-album.jhtml|title=Evanescence's New Sound Is Reminiscent Of ... Evanescence|publisher=MTV|date=November 18, 2004|accessdate=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107084945/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493917/evanescence-working-on-new-album.jhtml|archive-date=November 7, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2007/11/08/evanescence-frontwoman-amy-lee-steps-up-delivers-album-all-her-own/|title=Evanescence Frontwoman Amy Lee Steps Up, Delivers an Album All Her Own|work=Santa Barbara Independent|date=November 8, 2007|accessdate=October 6, 2022}} and his influences were "a lot different" than hers. "A lot of the reason it's been so much fun writing [post-Moody] is that we're not thinking about that. It's like, 'What do we like? What's fun?'", and there is "no pressure of wanting to rule the world", Lee explained. In 2005, Moody conceded that they had different approaches: "[Amy] is much more creative than I am ... I am a bit more commercial minded ... she is more educated musically, and she wanted to explore that. ... I think in my immaturity at the time, I did that in just a way-too-controlling manner — it was like my way or the highway. We just couldn't meet in the middle, so I was like, 'The hell with it.'"{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/moody_ben/qa_080105/|title=Ben Moody – No Regrets|publisher=MTV|date=July 6, 2005|accessdate=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221014246/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/moody_ben/qa_080105/|archive-date=February 21, 2007}}

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Lee called former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo to replace Moody on the Fallen tour, and he soon became Evanescence's permanent lead guitarist and Lee's co-writing partner. She and Balsamo "clicked" and "connected on a lot of musical interests". During the tour, Lee wrote a song titled "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", recording it in a bathroom on an analog recording device.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/12/05/evanescence-amy-lee-stories-behind-songs/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee reveals stories behind the songs|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2023}} When asked if the track was about Moody, Lee said, "If I answer that, then I'm not hiding anything anymore. But I just sort of answered it, didn't I?". She later deemed it "one of those personal, hard moments, when beauty is born out of pain".

After finishing the tour for Evanescence's live album and DVD Anywhere but Home (2004) and overwhelmed by label pressure, Lee retreated to her house, cut off contact with people, and spent the next 10 months writing music again, painting and going to therapy. She said of her first therapy sessions, "For the first, I don't know, lots of sessions, I'd just go in and cry. Every time. I guess I was letting out all the ghosts of my past." Lee found comfort in therapy, an environment where she felt she could speak freely and "not feel that anything I said was wrong". She 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. During this time, Lee had invasive experiences with stalkers that forced her to leave her house a couple of nights. This experience led her to write the song "Snow White Queen" from her and a stalker's perspective.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/amy-lee-gets-it-off-her-chest-20061016-gdolrd.html|title=Amy Lee gets it off her chest|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=October 16, 2006|accessdate=October 12, 2022}} Other songs Lee wrote throughout these months included "Lacrymosa" and "Together Again".{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' |work=Loudwire |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322081835/http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |archive-date=March 22, 2017}}

Lee collaborated with Balsamo, co-writing music together for Evanescence's second album, The Open Door (2006).{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529541/evanescence-return-with-open-door.jhtml |title=Amy Lee Says New Evanescence LP Has More Sensuality |publisher=MTV News |first=Chris |last=Harris |date=April 26, 2006 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712101505/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529541/evanescence-return-with-open-door.jhtml |archive-date=July 12, 2012}} The writing experience for The Open Door was "the best process" Lee ever had because she had "free reign"[sic] and could "do whatever I wanted without being judged".{{cite news |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/E/Evanescence/2006/10/03/1941837.html |title=New doors open for Amy Lee |website=Jam! |first=Sherri |last=Wood |date=October 3, 2006 |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101005012/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/E/Evanescence/2006/10/03/1941837.html |archive-date=January 1, 2013}} In 2006, Lee said that when she listened back to Fallen, she "hear[d] all the vulnerability and the fear and all the childish things in me that are just human."{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33|title=Into The Great Wide 'Open' |magazine=Billboard |first=Tamara |last=Conniff |date=September 16, 2006 |volume=118 |number=37 |pages=32–34 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=April 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117135622/https://books.google.com/books?id=BQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33|archive-date=January 17, 2023|url-status=live}} While Lee was drowning in the misery of her experiences in Fallen, she said The Open Door is largely about her acknowledging her issues and deliberating "what do I have to do to work this out." In the record, she is "purging the trials", but overall it comes from a less hopeless place and with a more reflective outlook. Throughout the stages of writing The Open Door, Lee had moved from California, rented a place in Florida, and eventually settled in New York.{{cite magazine|magazine=Revolver|date=November 2006|page=48|title=Profiles: The Brutal Truth - Evanescence|first=Mikael|last=Wood}}{{cite magazine|title=The End of Heartache|magazine=Kerrang!|date=September 30, 2006|issn = 0262-6624}} After the end of The Open Door{{'}}s tour, Lee took a break to recollect herself and live life away from the industry.

After about 18 months, Lee began writing music again,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/evanescence-returns-to-an-altered-rock-landscape-466221/|title=Evanescence Returns to an Altered Rock Landscape|magazine=Billboard|date=October 11, 2011|accessdate=November 2, 2022}} and took harp lessons out of a desire to learn the instrument.{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/amy-lee-of-evanescence|title=Amy Lee of Evanescence|publisher=Songfacts|date=October 13, 2016|first=Dan|last=MacIntosh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420040249/https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/amy-lee-of-evanescence|archive-date=April 20, 2020|url-status=live}} In 2009, Evanescence began playing live shows again, with Lee realizing that she missed this part of her life, stating: "I had to get back together with all the guys, and we practiced all the old stuff ... and I enjoyed it so much. I started falling back in love with that part of me, the Evanescence part. I'd kind of been doing everything else, writing-wise, by myself, and I was like, 'Oh yeah, I love this stuff too. Maybe we should all make a record!'" Evanescence's third studio album, the self-titled Evanescence, was released in 2011. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666350/evanescence-new-album.jhtml |title=Evanescence Return With 'Dark, Beautiful' Self-Titled Album |first=James |last=Montgomery |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=June 23, 2011 |publisher=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625011431/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666350/evanescence-new-album.jhtml |archive-date=June 25, 2011}} Its lyrical themes include Lee "falling back in love" with Evanescence, her being inspired by nature and the ocean, brokenness, the quest for freedom, and falling in love.{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/04/amy-lee-talks-evanescences-comeback-lp/ |title=Amy Lee Talks Evanescence's Comeback LP |publisher=SPIN.com |date=April 13, 2011 |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810030629/https://www.spin.com/2011/04/amy-lee-talks-evanescences-comeback-lp/ |archive-date=August 10, 2011}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666473/evanescence-new-album.jhtml |title=Evanescence's New Album 'All Over The Place,' Amy Lee Says |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks |first=James |last=Montgomery |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630081600/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666473/evanescence-new-album.jhtml |archive-date=June 30, 2011}} Different from The Open Door, which was "all about me and my personal experiences", Evanescence also includes Lee's musings on events that occurred to others in her life. "But really, whatever makes me feel the most, that's what's on the record, because that's what I need to get off my chest."

After the touring cycle for Evanescence, Lee took an extended break.{{cite news |url=http://loudwire.com/amy-lee-says-evanescence-will-take-extended-break-after-current-tour/ |title=Amy Lee Says Evanescence Will Take Extended Break After Current Tour |work=Loudwire |first=Chad |last=Bowar |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024225944/http://loudwire.com/amy-lee-says-evanescence-will-take-extended-break-after-current-tour/ |archive-date=October 24, 2012}} In October 2013, Wind-up Records sold part of their catalog of artists, including Evanescence and their master recordings, to Bicycle Music Company.{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5777964/bicycle-music-acquires-wind-up-records-back-catalog-cuts |title=Bicycle Music Acquires Wind-Up Records' Back Catalog, Cuts Deal with Concord Music Group |work=Billboard.com |first=Ed |last=Christman |date=October 31, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520221431/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5777964/bicycle-music-acquires-wind-up-records-back-catalog-cuts |archive-date=May 20, 2015}} In January 2014, it was reported that Lee had filed a lawsuit against Wind-up Records for $1.5 million in unpaid royalties owed to the band. In March 2014, Lee announced on her Twitter that she and Evanescence had been released from her Wind-up Records contract and she was now an independent artist; she stated: "Today, for the first time in 13 years, I am a free and independent artist. I have wanted this for so long and I am so happy", adding that this meant she was "free to do anything, Ev[anescence] included."

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Following several solo projects by Lee from 2014 to 2017, including film scoring, and Evanescence's resumed touring in 2015,{{refn|{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |title=Amy Lee Talks Evanescence Reunion, New Music Plans |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amy-lee-discusses-evanescence-reunion-music-plans-20151030 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=November 1, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031130056/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amy-lee-discusses-evanescence-reunion-music-plans-20151030 |archive-date=October 31, 2015}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ent-evanescence-synthesis-amy-lee-sands-bethlehem-20171020-story.html |title=Why Evanescence is playing with an orchestra on its tour |work=The Morning Call|last=Sculley |first=Alan |date=November 2, 2017|accessdate=October 23, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-friends-korn-evanescence-2015-ozzfest-japan/|title=Ozzy Osbourne + Friends, Korn and Evanescence Announced for 2015 Ozzfest Japan|work=Loudwire|date=April 28, 2015|accessdate=October 7, 2022}}}} the band worked on their fourth studio album, Synthesis, released in 2017. Synthesis is an album of orchestral and electronica re-recordings of the band's previous material in addition to two new songs and instrumentals.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evanescence-announce-orchestral-new-lp-synthesis-fall-tour-195909/|title=Evanescence Announce Orchestral New LP 'Synthesis,' Fall Tour |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |date=August 14, 2017 |accessdate=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925154245/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evanescence-announce-orchestral-new-lp-synthesis-fall-tour-195909/|archive-date=September 25, 2019}} The album's release was followed by the Synthesis Live concert tour in which the band performed with a live orchestra for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-its-new-album-evanescence-covers-many-of-its-own-songs-with-a-distinctly-symphonic-twist-1510088507|title=Alt-Metal Goes Orchestral|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=November 7, 2017|accessdate=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620113056/https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-its-new-album-evanescence-covers-many-of-its-own-songs-with-a-distinctly-symphonic-twist-1510088507|archive-date=June 20, 2021|url-status=live|first=Jim|last=Fusilli}}

In April 2020, Lee announced the release date of Evanescence's fifth album, The Bitter Truth. In a Q&A with Forbes in May 2020, Lee mentioned that the "image and idea" of the band from the early days was "something that combined multiple dramas, from the dramatic to the rock to the classical to the score", and that although many things have changed since, the "idea that started this whole thing is still there".{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2020/05/18/qa-evanescences-amy-lee-on-the-bands-new-album-learning-from-iron-maiden-and-garbage-and-more/ |title=Q&A: Evanescence's Amy Lee On The Band's New Album, Learning From Iron Maiden And Garbage And More |work=Forbes |last=Baltin |first=Steve |date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=June 21, 2020}} Four songs from the album were released as singles throughout 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, while a virtual live-streamed show was performed by the band from their recording base at Rock Falcon Studio, Nashville, in December 2020.{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Hartmann|date=April 17, 2020|title=Evanescence Announce New Album 'The Bitter Truth'|url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-new-album-bitter-truth/|website=Loudwire}} The album was released on March 26, 2021.{{Cite magazine|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=December 4, 2020|title=Evanescence Announce 'The Bitter Truth' Release Date|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evanescence-the-bitter-truth-release-date-1098744/|access-date=December 9, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

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. Lee later performed a duet with her then-boyfriend Shaun Morgan on the track "Broken" for Seether's 2004 album Disclaimer II. The song is in the soundtrack for the 2004 film The Punisher.

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In 2004, 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".{{refn|{{cite news |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2076 |title=Amy Lee: Back in Black |access-date=January 9, 2007 |work=Blender |first=Josh |last=Eells |date=October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190149/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2076 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|title=The Essence of Evanescence|magazine=Metal Edge|date=November 2006|volume=52|issue=11|pages=5–10|first=Bryan |last=Reesman|issn=1068-2872}}}} The producers of Narnia then stated that Evanescence music was never planned for the soundtrack. Lee said that she used part of the instrumental she wrote to segue into the last track of the album, "Good Enough".{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Lee became the American chairperson for Out of the Shadows in 2006. This organization is an international foundation with the goal of providing education about epilepsy. Lee's younger brother, Robby, was previously diagnosed with this condition. The singer also made a brief guest appearance in the music video for Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" in late 2006. As each celebrity featured in the shoot was allowed to choose what they would be doing for the video, Lee chose to appear laying flowers on a grave. Her scene was recorded at Trinity Church in Manhattan, during which she wore a black velvet coat that previously belonged to Tim Burton.

In February 2007, Lee performed with Korn on their song "Freak on a Leash" for MTV Unplugged: Korn. The song was also released as the first single from the album. In November 2007, VH1 produced a mockumentary in the style of Behind the Music, titled Rock Band Cometh: The Rock Band Band Story, to promote the video game Rock Band. She is one of the celebrity cameos featured on the show.

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In June 2008, the National Music Publishers Association presented Lee with their 2008 Songwriter Icon Award, which "recognizes outstanding songwriters for their personal achievement".{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ifd5bab0845dffef8167ffd4e1a4773d7 |title=NMPA Honors Amy Lee, Sen. Leahy |work=Billboard.biz |first=Susan |last=Butler |date=June 10, 2008 |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822170813/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ifd5bab0845dffef8167ffd4e1a4773d7 |archive-date=August 22, 2009}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.nmpa.org/media/showrelease.asp?id=144 |title=NMPA Announces 2008 Honorees |publisher=National Music Publishers Association |date=October 6, 2008 |access-date=July 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718080102/http://www.nmpa.org/media/showrelease.asp?id=144 |archive-date=July 18, 2011}}

For Walt Disney Records' September 2008 release of Nightmare Revisited, Lee covered "Sally's Song". The album contains new material and covers of songs from the original Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack. Lee performed live renditions of "Sally's Song" during the October 17 Nightmare Before Christmas re-release premiere in Hollywood, and for an October 13 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

During an October 2008 interview for Spin.com, Lee noted that she was writing new songs, possibly for a solo album project. Citing influences in folk and Celtic music, she says her current writings feel like she is going back to her "really old" roots. She gave no potential release date, but said of her reason for this new direction, "I need to show that I'm more than a one trick pony."

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". She noted that Evanescence was still together as a band but that she found touring to be monotonous. She reiterated that she was continuing to write songs, although she did not yet know what purpose they would serve.

In a Spin interview in March 2010, Lee stated that she was "in a very different creative space then" regarding her previous work on new material, and that while she wrote some good songs, nothing from those efforts would be included in the band's album Evanescence, which was released on October 7, 2011.

In 2011, 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.

In 2012, Lee received United Cerebral Palsy's Luella Bennack Award. The organization stated: {{blockquote|The committee has selected Amy for this award for her commitment to bring attention to issues of education and personal dignity of people living with a disability by serving as the International spokesperson Out of the Shadows. Also, the message and integrity of Amy Lee's music has undeniably healed, inspired and transformed millions of women worldwide. Because of her personal pledge to making life more accessible and understood by everyone, we cannot conceive of a more interesting, motivated and deserving individual to honor on Luella's behalf.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/amy-lee-of-evanescence-to-receive-women-who-care-award/|title=Amy Lee of Evanescence to Receive 'Women Who Care' Award|work=Loudwire|date=February 5, 2012|access-date=November 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807161624/https://loudwire.com/amy-lee-of-evanescence-to-receive-women-who-care-award/|archive-date=August 7, 2022|url-status=live}}}}

On December 2, 2013, it was announced that Lee had teamed up with American composer Dave Eggar to create music for the American drama film War Story. During an interview with MTV, Lee explained that it would be a "surprise" to her fans; the fact that the film was "dark" and lacking of conversations made it a "beautiful, sad platform for music". She added that for the music she blended various sounds and tones, mostly consisting of keyboard. Speaking about the song "Push the Button" which she originally penned for the movie, Lee explained that it marked a departure for her due to its electronic sound. She added, "I did it all myself, which was crazy, because I'm used to engineering and writing and mixing demos in my house, but being responsible for that being the end product was a new challenge for me." On August 6, Lee announced that the soundtrack album would be called Aftermath and that it would be released on August 25. Lee contributes to all ten tracks, which features Eggar on eight of them and American/Moroccan musician Malika Zarra on one. Lee revealed a 36-second teaser of the album on the same day. It is her first full-length solo album to not involve her band Evanescence.

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In March 2015, Lee and Eggar announced that they were recording music, along with Chuck Palmer, for Hammerstep's short film Indigo Grey: The Passage, which was released on September 14, 2015. The film features the songs "Between Worlds" and "Resurrection". Lee composed and recorded "Speak to Me", the title song to Eric D. Howell's 2017 film Voice from the Stone, during August 2015. The accompanying music video was also directed by Howell. It was filmed on October 22, 2015, on the Castle of Celsa estate near Siena, Italy. During a radio interview in July 2015, Lee said that she had been recording cover songs and expressed an interest in releasing them online. On October 27, 2015, she released the first song from the collection with Portishead's 1994 song "It's A Fire", followed by U2's 1987 song "With or Without You" on November 10, 2015, Led Zeppelin's 1971 song "Going to California" on December 1, 2015, and Chris Isaak's 1996 song "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" on December 15, 2015. They are featured on Lee's debut extended play, Recover, Vol. 1, which was released on February 19, 2016. The cover songs are accompanied by music videos directed by Eric Ryan Anderson.

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. She also stated that she does not have "any news or plans" for new Evanescence music, but assured fans on Twitter that the band has not broken up saying, "We don't follow the rules of a commerce-driven timeline. Inspiration drives us. We're wide open." She later stated during an interview with Loudwire that "there is Evanescence in the future". In December 2015, Lee confirmed that she plans to complete some songs from an Evanescence album (originally produced by Steve Lillywhite) that was rejected by Wind-up Records in 2010. She explained that she was "devastated" and "furious" over the rejection, but was determined to move forward and ended up being "angry enough to write Evanescence's heaviest album", titled Evanescence. Although three songs from the Lillywhite sessions ended up on it, Lee admitted, "I was still left feeling unsatisfied about what I lovingly refer to as my 'broken record'."

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On June 17, 2016, Amazon.com announced that Lee was scheduled to release the "family" album Dream Too Much exclusively through Amazon Prime Music. It features "original music for kids and families" and was released on September 30, 2016. The album was a collaboration that involved her father, who is the lead vocalist on "Goodnight My Love", and her sisters.

On September 14, 2016, MTV News reported that Lee had worked on music for the film Blind, starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. The film was premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival on October 13, 2016. On February 10, 2017, Lee released an English-language cover of Francesca Michielin's "L'amore esiste" ("Love Exists"), which she heard while working on a film project in Italy. With Guy Sigsworth as producer and Dave Eggar providing string arrangements, Lee recorded her translated and reinterpreted version of the song over the course of a week at Flux Studios in New York City. In March 2017, the song "Speak to Me" was made available on streaming platforms. It features as the end theme music for the film Voice from the Stone. In 2018, Lee collaborated with Veridia on their single, "I'll Never Be Ready", where she played piano.{{cite news |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/veridia-evanescence-amy-lee-performance/ |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee, Veridia Give Heartfelt First Collab Performance-Watch |work=Alternative Press |first=Anna |last=Fair |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2020}} She stated that collaborating on the song helped her cope with the passing of her brother, Robby.

In 2019, Amy collaborated with Lindsey Stirling on Stirling's 2019 album Artemis on the track and in the music video for "Love Goes On And On".{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/evanescences-amy-lee-and-violinist-lindsey-stirling-go-back-to-medieval-times-in-video-for-love-goes-on-and-on |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee and violinist Lindsey Stirling go back to medieval times in video for Love Goes On and On |last=Young |first=Simon |date=July 12, 2022 |website=loudersound.com |publisher=Louder Sound |access-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-date=June 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610175234/https://www.loudersound.com/news/evanescences-amy-lee-and-violinist-lindsey-stirling-go-back-to-medieval-times-in-video-for-love-goes-on-and-on}}

Amy appeared on Body Count's song "When I'm Gone" off their seventh album Carnivore, which was released on March 6, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=January 12, 2020|title=Body Count Welcome Amy Lee, Jamey Jasta for 'Carnivore' Album|url=https://loudwire.com/body-count-amy-lee-jamey-jasta-more-carnivore-album/|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=Loudwire}}

On July 31, 2020, American rock band Halestorm re-released their song "Break In", featuring Lee's vocals. The single was included on the Halestorm: Reimagined EP.{{cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/listen-to-halestorms-reimagined-take-on-break-in-featuring-evanescences-amy-lee |title=Listen to Halestorm's reimagined take on Break In featuring Evanescence's Amy Lee |website=Loudersound.com |last=Munro |first=Scott |date=July 31, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020}}

On September 19, 2020, Japanese rock band Wagakki Band released a song "Sakura Rising" featuring Lee.{{Cite web|last=NoMusicNoReason|date=September 19, 2020|title=WagakkiBand's single "Sakura Rising" features Amy Lee (Evanescence)|url=https://jrocknews.com/2020/09/wagakkiband-sakura-rising-amy-lee-evanescence.html|access-date=September 20, 2020|website=JROCK NEWS}} The song was written and recorded the day before their orchestral show in Osaka on February 16, 2020, where Lee performed as a guest, but it was finished through file sharing due to the coronavirus pandemic.{{Cite web|date=September 17, 2020|title=Wagakki Band release teaser video of new song co-starring Evanescence's Amy Lee|url=https://www.m-on-music.jp/0000432717/|website=M!-ON MUSIC|language=ja}}

On October 30, 2020, 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.{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/14/bring-me-the-horizon-announces-first-entry-in-post-human-pro.html|title=Bring Me the Horizon announces first entry in 'Post Human' project, featuring Amy Lee collaboration|last=Johnson|first=Josh|website=ABC News Radio|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028205053/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/10/14/bring-me-the-horizon-announces-first-entry-in-post-human-pro.html|url-status=dead}}

Lee voiced a character in the 2023 film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/new-metalocalypse-movie-army-of-the-doomstar-2023/|title='Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar' Movie To Arrive in 2023, Dethklok Tour + Album Announced|work=Loudwire|date=April 11, 2023|access-date=May 4, 2023}}

Lee is a singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2011/10/27/evanescence-not-fading-away-just-yet/UkhnjUHift5do4T2Kw3ArL/story.html|title=Evanescence is not fading away just yet|work=The Boston Globe|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615111521/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2011/10/27/evanescence-not-fading-away-just-yet/UkhnjUHift5do4T2Kw3ArL/story.html|archive-date=June 15, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_9847293e-36c7-5e3a-b70a-33742d671d9a.html?print=1 |title=Evanescence makes welcome return through 'The Open Door' |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |first=Sara |last=Berry |date=October 13, 2006 |access-date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917050858/https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_9847293e-36c7-5e3a-b70a-33742d671d9a.html|archive-date=September 17, 2023}} As its main songwriter,{{refn|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/amy-lee-evanescence-the-chain-interview-8546417/|title=Amy Lee on 'The Chain' Cover and Next Evanescence Album: 'We're Definitely in the Mood to Rock'|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 2019|access-date=July 31, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-sta-ent-korn-tinley-st-0819-20220812-koe4fcexzfhz7odr67h4wcnkdu-story.html|title=Korn x Evanescence tour reunites rockers for tour stopping in Tinley Park|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 15, 2022|access-date=June 18, 2023}}}} Lee infused her love of sonic contrasts and various genres in Evanescence.{{refn|}} She described her natural writing process as being "shut in" in isolation.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/amy-lee-evanescence-interview-need-society-okay-differences/|title=Amy Lee: Society Needs to Understand 'It's Okay to Have Differences'|work=Loudwire|date=October 29, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2023}}{{cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-xzBd_WfZw|title=Interview Amy Lee Of Evanescence 5-19-2021|publisher=Reno's Rock Station|via=YouTube|interviewer=Jave Patterson|date=May 19, 2021|access-date=August 8, 2023}} She prefers the feeling of a "clean slate" before she starts writing music, not setting a plan and "going with the flow of inspiration".{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/amy-lee-evanescence-2017-interview|title=What's Next for Evanescence's Amy Lee?|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2023|work=Nylon}} "An idea can come from anywhere—and oftentimes doesn't feel like I'm setting out to make some epic song."{{cite web|url=https://www.musicconnection.com/songwriter-profile-amy-lee/|title=Songwriter Profile: Amy Lee|work=Music Connection|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=June 21, 2023}} Writing primarily with keyboards and music software,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/05/24/evanescences-amy-lee-talks-bringing-the-orchestra-to-the-rock-show-and-entering-the-film-world/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks Bringing The Orchestra To The Rock Show And Entering The Film World|work=Forbes|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2023}}{{cite magazine|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/evanescence-amy-lee-interview/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: 'Musical Experimentation in a Label-Free Zone is So Healthy'|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=India|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=June 21, 2023}} Lee has also engineered,{{refn|{{cite web|title=Feature: Amy Lee's Evanescence|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2004/11/16/Feature-Amy-Lees-Evanescence/56381100644270/|work=UPI|first=Pat|last=Nason|date=November 16, 2004|access-date=March 2, 2023}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Lost Whispers|type=liner notes |others=Evanescence|publisher=Concord Music Group|year=2016}}}} programmed,{{cite AV media notes |others=Evanescence|title=The Open Door |date=2006 |type=liner notes |publisher=Wind-up Records}}{{cite AV media notes |title=The Bitter Truth|type=liner notes|others=Evanescence|publisher=BMG |year=2021}} mixed, and produced music.{{refn|{{cite AV media notes |title=Muppets: The Green Album|type=liner notes|others=Various artists|publisher=Walt Disney|year=2011}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Aftermath: Music from and Inspired by the film War Story|type=liner notes|others=Amy Lee ft. Dave Eggar|publisher=Amy Lee Music|year=2014}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Recover, Vol. 1|type=liner notes|others=Amy Lee|publisher=Amy Lee Music|year=2016}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Synthesis |type=liner notes |others=Evanescence|publisher=BMG |year=2017 |id=538337812}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Speak to Me |type=single|others=Amy Lee|publisher=BMG |year=2017 |id=538337812}}}} When demoing, Lee would layer chord progressions and sound effects, including piano, electronic sounds and drum loops.{{refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.955klos.com/2021/07/19/evanescences-amy-lee-speaks-with-matt-pinfield-on-the-bands-tragic-losses-that-inspired-the-bitter-truth-album/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Speaks With Matt Pinfield On The Band's Tragic Losses That Inspired 'The Bitter Truth' Album|publisher=KLOS|date=July 19, 2021|access-date=November 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104065832/https://www.955klos.com/2021/07/19/evanescences-amy-lee-speaks-with-matt-pinfield-on-the-bands-tragic-losses-that-inspired-the-bitter-truth-album/|archive-date=November 4, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ent-evanescence-synthesis-amy-lee-sands-bethlehem-20171020-story.html|first=Alan|last=Sculley|title=Why Evanescence is playing with an orchestra on its tour|work=The Morning Call|date=November 2, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202073756/https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ent-evanescence-synthesis-amy-lee-sands-bethlehem-20171020-story.html|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live}}}} A multi-instrumentalist,{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Hammer|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/jonathan-davis-and-amy-lee-interview-2022|title=Freaks Unleashed|first=Stephen|last=Hill|date=November 2022|pages=38–43|issue=368}}{{cite web|url=https://gigwise.com/reviews/3242511/live-review-evanescence-at-royal-festival-hall-london|title=Live Review: Evanescence at Royal Festival Hall, London, 30/03/18|first=Catherine|last=Verrechia|work=Gig Wise|date=April 2, 2018|access-date=December 1, 2022}} she plays and has written with other instruments such as organ, harp, and guitar.{{refn|Other instruments:{{cite AV media notes|title=Nightmare Revisited|others=Various artists|year=2008|type=liner notes|publisher=Walt Disney}}{{cite video |people=Lee, Amy; Leno, Jay |date=October 13, 2008 |title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |medium=Television production |publisher=NBC/Universal |location=Burbank, California}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/5777431076|title=Piano and organ are my main instruments, but I also play harp, guitar, and whatever else is lying around- I'll try anything|publisher=Amy Lee|via=Twitter|date=November 16, 2009|access-date=June 15, 2023}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Evanescence|others=Evanescence|year=2011|type=liner notes|publisher=Wind-up Records}}{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/pfbid0mEx7AR1AGrUXidi5CymMzDGL2MZfiePvXmqedbh3uPHX7fqVAQBYDVWUbM3BqZTwl?comment_id=1151122384939530&reply_comment_id=797769133662994|title=I play (and write) on the harp differently from the piano.|publisher=Amy Lee|via=Facebook|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=June 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/amy-lee-evanescence-interview-2020.htm|title=Amy Lee Of Grammy-Winning Band Evanescence Talks About Their Excellent New Single "Use My Voice," And Their Upcoming Album|work=SongwriterUniverse|date=September 8, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://headlinermagazine.net/evanescence-without-the-mask.html|title=Evanescence: Without the Mask|work=Headliner|date=March 26, 2021|access-date=June 22, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-evanescences-amy-lee-perform-a-hilariously-fun-duet-with-tenacious-d-at-louder-than-life|title=Watch Evanescence's Amy Lee perform a hilariously fun duet with Tenacious D at Louder Than Life|work=Metal Hammer|date=September 29, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2023}}}} She 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.{{Refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFLRgIqk0s|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks 'Wasted On You' & New Album 'The Bitter Truth' – Video Call|work=Rock Sound|via=YouTube|date=May 6, 2020|access-date=June 20, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/dzqjla/comment/f89x1d7/|title=I am Amy Lee from Evanescence, our new song "The Chain (from Gears 5)" is out tonight! AMA|publisher=Amy Lee|via=Reddit|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=June 21, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXEC1JOAOU|title=Evanescence: A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studios Pre-Show|publisher=Evanescence|via=YouTube|date=December 5, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314160943/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXEC1JOAOU|archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/evanescence-amy-lee-2020-interview|title=Emailing With Evanescence's Amy Lee|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2023|work=Nylon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207205951/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/evanescence-amy-lee-2020-interview|archive-date=February 7, 2023|url-status=live}}}} Lee said that she rarely starts writing with a specific intention,{{cite interview|interviewer=Josh Olek|subject=Amy Lee|subject2=Emma Anzai|publisher=Triple M|title=Inside Evanescence's Australian Tour: Memories, Music, and Aussie Connections|url=https://www.listnr.com/podcasts/triple-m-rock/episodes/amy-lee-emma-anzai-evanescence|location=Australia|date=August 23, 2023|access-date=August 24, 2023|archive-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824063052/https://www.listnr.com/podcasts/triple-m-rock/episodes/amy-lee-emma-anzai-evanescence|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/evanescences-amy-lee-speaking-out-facing-tragedy-letting-art-drive|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee On Speaking Out, Facing Tragedy, Letting "The Art Drive"|work=Revolver|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607213317/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/evanescences-amy-lee-speaking-out-facing-tragedy-letting-art-drive|archive-date=June 7, 2023|url-status=live}} and discerns what she wants to express after stream of consciousness writing, which she later hones in on lyrically.{{refn|{{cite interview|url=https://www.billboard.com/video/amy-lee-of-evanescence-live-qa-pt-4-466456/|title=Amy Lee of Evanescence: Live Q&A Pt 4|work=Billboard|interviewer=Mitchell Peters|date=2011|access-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810103535/https://www.billboard.com/video/amy-lee-of-evanescence-live-qa-pt-4-466456/|archive-date=August 10, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1675654/evanescence-my-heart-is-broken.jhtml|title=Evanescence's 'My Heart Is Broken': Behind The Video|publisher=MTV|date=December 9, 2011|access-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107072143/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1675654/evanescence-my-heart-is-broken.jhtml|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fuse.tv/2012/08/evanescence-has-never-fit-in|title=Amy Lee: Evanescence Has Never Fit In|publisher=Fuse|date=August 9, 2012|access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815154745/https://www.fuse.tv/2012/08/evanescence-has-never-fit-in|archive-date=August 15, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/evanescences-amy-lee-6-things-we-learned-singers-reddit-ama|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: 6 Things We Learned From Singer's Reddit AMA|work=Revolver|date=November 22, 2019|access-date=August 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030224919/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/evanescences-amy-lee-6-things-we-learned-singers-reddit-ama|archive-date=October 30, 2021|url-status=live}}}}

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.{{refn|{{cite web|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2007/08/09/evanescence-looks-back-and-looks-ahead/28568957007/|title=Evanescence looks back and looks ahead|date=August 9, 2007|access-date=August 24, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/editorial/evanescence-interview-amy-lee-australian-tour/|title=Amy Lee Of Evanescence reflects on the band's career and influence ahead of their Australian tour|website=Don't Bore Us|date=December 19, 2017|access-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209083130/https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/editorial/evanescence-interview-amy-lee-australian-tour/|archive-date=December 9, 2022|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee finds a new voice in 'The Bitter Truth'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 5, 2021|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426151641/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-05/amy-lee-evanescence-q-a}}{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/evanescence-oral-history-amy-lee/|title=Evanescence know every lesson learned since 'Fallen' has been worth it|work=Alternative Press|date=March 29, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319022832/https://www.altpress.com/evanescence-oral-history-amy-lee/|archive-date=March 19, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/evanescence-on-embracing-change-an-interview-with-amy-lee/|title=Evanescence on Embracing Change: An interview with Amy Lee|work=Mixdown|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}}}} For her, writing has to come from an honest place and an internal need to create. Her experience with death and grief as child influenced her perspective and creative work, including her music, lyrics, and drawings. "I spent a lot of time being creative by myself because I was trying to express something that I couldn't say ... trying to paint a picture of the inside".{{refn|{{cite interview|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/a-moment-with-amy-lee-from-evanescence-20120326-1vu0m.html|title=A Moment with Amy Lee from Evanescence|work=WAtoday|date=March 26, 2012|access-date=September 4, 2023|interviewer=Sarah Whyte|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904092808/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/a-moment-with-amy-lee-from-evanescence-20120326-1vu0m.html|archive-date=September 4, 2023|url-status=live}}}} Later in her teen years, her struggle with abuse she experienced also informed much of her writing. She attributed the dramatic sounds she developed in Evanescence to her desire to channel her biggest emotions through music.{{cite web|url=http://www.evanescence.com/biography/|title=Evanescence Biography|year=2013|access-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926081534/http://www.evanescence.com/biography/|archive-date=September 26, 2014|url-status=dead}} In 2007, she stated that it was recently that she could start drawing "from all emotions to make music, not just the painful ones." Lee did not view her music and lyrics as morose, stating that, while some of her experiences reflected such emotions in the music, it came "from the perspective of somebody who wants to live, wants to be happy and wants to love life".

Lee often writes songs that relate to several things, remarking that her feelings are "complicated, all the time. It's never just one thing. Hardly ever, do I just feel happy or just feel sad. It's always a weird combination of things that make no sense, and that's how I write my music."{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/amy-lee-speak-to-me-voice-from-the-stone-interview/|title=Amy Lee on Her Musical Contribution to the Inspirational Film 'Voice from the Stone'|work=Collider|date=May 2, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2023}} Her thematic inspirations largely come from "an internal place ... perception and reactions to the events of my life but also to the outside world." Some of her writing has been inspired by her "vivid" dreams,{{cite magazine|magazine=Bizarre|date=2011|title=13 Questions: Evanescence's Amy Lee|first=Alix|last=Fox|page=22}} and the idea of life after death. Some lyrics are also her talking to herself while trying to navigate situations. Lee is also lyrically inspired by stories of courage, people overcoming struggles and "stepping forward after they’ve been through something major." Over time, Lee became more outspoken in her lyrics.{{refn|{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/amy-lees-opening-doors/news-story/21b0b3d345c1a62b5aac06702ccf47c7|title=Amy Lee's opening doors|website=news.com.au|publisher=News Limited |first=Kathy |last=McCabe |date=September 28, 2006 |access-date=June 26, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417081741/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/amy-lees-opening-doors/news-story/21b0b3d345c1a62b5aac06702ccf47c7|archive-date=April 17, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|title=Amy Lee tells the real story behind Evanescence's 'Bring Me to Life'|work=Dazed|date=September 1, 2022|accessdate=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927023618/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/56815/1/amy-lee-tells-the-real-story-behind-evanescences-bring-me-to-life|archive-date=September 27, 2022|url-status=live}}}} Topics she has written about in Evanescence include: loss, abuse, fears, numbness, harassment, solitude, artifice, relationship dynamic, sorrow, relationship with music, aimlessness, contentment, mental health, defiance, indulgence, longing, nature, dreams, the music industry, identity, autonomy, disillusionment, speaking up, social issues, illusions, spiritual uncertainty, perseverance, and solidarity.{{refn|{{cite magazine |last=Mora |first=Angelo |title=Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo |magazine=Rock Sound |date=September 2006 |volume=100 |issue=60 |page=37 |trans-title=Three Meters Above the Sky |language=it |issn=1127-1337}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-evanescence-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Evanescence songs – ranked|work=Kerrang!|date=August 21, 2020|access-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010225754/https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-evanescence-songs-ranked|archive-date=October 10, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-new-album-track-by-track-breakdown-by-amy-lee|title=Evanescence: New Album Track-By-Track Breakdown By Amy Lee|work=blabbermouth.net|date=October 16, 2011|access-date=June 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/evanescence-unveil-video-new-single-imperfection-2151660|title=Evanescence unveil emotional video for new single 'Imperfection'|work=NME|date=October 19, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/08/reviews/live-stream-review-evanescence-celebrates-upcoming-album-the-bitter-truth-with-virtual-in-studio-performance/|title=Live Stream Review: Evanescence Celebrates Upcoming Album The Bitter Truth With Virtual In-Studio Performance|website=mxdwn|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Evanescence - The Bitter Truth|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-bitter-truth-mw0003459334|work=AllMusic|access-date=March 26, 2021|date=March 26, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/03/evanescence-the-bitter-truth-album-review/|title=Evanescence Boldly Confront The Bitter Truth: Review|work=Consequence|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=August 24, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-evanescence-the-bitter-truth|title=Album review: Evanescence – The Bitter Truth|work=Kerrang!|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=September 5, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2021/03/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-2021/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on The Bitter Truth, Billie Eilish, and More|work=Consequence|date=March 23, 2021|access-date=August 24, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/evbt-evanescence-the-bitter-truth-album-review/|title=Our Take: Evanescence Dazzle Like The Seasoned Rock Veterans They Are On 'The Bitter Truth'|work=Atwood Magazine|date=June 8, 2021|first=Josh|last=Weiner|accessdate=January 9, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Amy Lee Dives Into The Tragedies That Inspired Evanescence's 'the Bitter Truth'|url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-tragedies-inspired-the-bitter-truth-lyrics/|work=Loudwire|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=August 24, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/aquaria-amy-lee-2652936241.html|title=Aquaria as Amy Lee|work=Paper|date=May 10, 2021|access-date=October 22, 2022}}}}

Lee sings in a mezzo-soprano register. The Boston Globe has described her voice as an "ethereal soprano" in a review of "Going Under", highlighting her ability to move with power and brightness through upper registers.{{Cite news |url=http://articles.boston.com/2006-10-03/ae/29244648_1_shaun-morgan-ben-moody-terry-balsamo |title=For Evanescence, black is the new black |author=Globe Staff Writer |date=October 3, 2006 |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=September 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203180251/http://articles.boston.com/2006-10-03/ae/29244648_1_shaun-morgan-ben-moody-terry-balsamo |archive-date=December 3, 2011 }}

Lee has cited influence from composers such as Mozart, Danny Elfman, and Hans Zimmer,{{refn|}} and artists like Björk, Portishead,{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescences-amy-lee-releases-cover-version-of-portisheads-its-a-fire-audio/ |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Releases Cover Version of Portishead's 'It's A Fire' (Audio) |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=October 30, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025531/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescences-amy-lee-releases-cover-version-of-portisheads-its-a-fire-audio/ |archive-date=November 7, 2017}} Massive Attack, Tori Amos, Korn,{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=Amy Lee unexpectedly says Korn was the most helpful band to Evanescence |url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/amy-lee-korn/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Tone Deaf}}{{cite AV media|date=March 5, 2007|people=Korn ft. Amy Lee|title=MTV Unplugged (Korn album)|type=Television production|series=MTV Unplugged|quote=Jonathan was saying how it was such an honor to have Robert Smith on the show because they were who he really was inspired by in high school; and I said "that's what you guys were for me".}} Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson,{{cite web |title=Como se pronuncia Evanescence? entrevista, Rock im Park del año 2003 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfdnunfA4K4 |access-date=21 May 2025 |date=15 September 2020}} Radiohead, Shirley Manson and Garbage, Nirvana,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2021/03/25/qa-how-evanescences-amy-lee-got-her-groove-back-on-the-bitter-truth/|title=Q&A: How Evanescence's Amy Lee Got Her Groove Back On 'The Bitter Truth'|work=Forbes|date=March 25, 2021|access-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428072117/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2021/03/25/qa-how-evanescences-amy-lee-got-her-groove-back-on-the-bitter-truth/?sh=581a93c524da|archive-date=April 28, 2021|url-status=live}} Soundgarden,{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: Soundgarden 'Changed What Metal Was to Me' |url=https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-soundgarden-changed-what-metal-was-to-me/|date=May 23, 2017 |access-date=October 18, 2022|website=Loudwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620171514/https://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-soundgarden-changed-what-metal-was-to-me/|archive-date=June 20, 2022|url-status=live}} Pantera,{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/amy-lee-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life|work=Louder Sound|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: 10 albums that changed my life|date=February 3, 2019|accessdate=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729130831/https://www.loudersound.com/features/amy-lee-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life|archive-date=July 29, 2021|url-status=live}} Depeche Mode, Rob Zombie and White Zombie, The Smashing Pumpkins,{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|title=Through the Open Door|work=Miami New Times|date=October 18, 2007|accessdate=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164937/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/through-the-open-door-6333275|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}} Pearl Jam,{{Cite web |date=2011-09-04 |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Was 'Addicted' to Pearl Jam's 'Ten' |url=https://audioinkradio.com/2011/09/evanescences-amy-lee-was-addicted-to-pearl-jams-ten/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Audio Ink Radio}} Metallica,{{Cite magazine |date=November 16, 2020|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Gets Back to Life|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-bitter-truth-1088593/|access-date=October 18, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421182918/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-bitter-truth-1088593/|archive-date=April 21, 2022|url-status=live}} Joan Jett, and A Perfect Circle.{{cite magazine|magazine=Metal Edge|title=Everywhere But Home|first=Paul|last=Gargano|date=March 2005|volume=50|issue=11|pages=22–25}}

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Lee has a recognizable fashion style, marked by her taste for Victorian-styled clothing and occasional use of gothic make-up. She has been labelled a "gothic rock superstar" and a "style icon".{{cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/evanescences-amy-lee-i-had-to-step-away-from-being-a-rockstar |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: I had to step away from being a rockstar |work=Metal Hammer |last=Morris |first=Catherine |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=September 14, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-winner-aquaria-transforms-herself-evanescences-amy-lee|title='Rupaul's Drag Race' Winner Aquaria Transforms Herself Into Evanescence's Amy Lee|work=Revolver|date=May 11, 2021|accessdate=October 14, 2022}} Her image was described as "independent and self-assured".

Lee designs many of her own clothes, including those worn in the music video for "Going Under", the dress worn for the cover of The Open Door and the dress she wore to the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2011. After she designed the dress she wore at the 2004 Grammy Awards, she chose Japanese designer H. Naoto to make it for her. In 2003, Lee said she wears "lots of funky stuff onstage", and likes to "mix it up" with "two basic elements ... rock, metal and chains and stuff, mixed with fairies and Victorian clothing, fantasy".{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/odogvq/evanescence-singer-pairs-metal-chains-fairies-for-upcoming-video|title=Evanescence Singer Pairs Metal Chains, Fairies For Upcoming Video|publisher=MTV|date=June 4, 2003|accessdate=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024064017/https://www.mtv.com/news/odogvq/evanescence-singer-pairs-metal-chains-fairies-for-upcoming-video|archive-date=October 24, 2022}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/behind-the-scenes-amy-lee-wardrobe/|title=Go Behind the Scenes of Amy Lee's Wardrobe|work=Loudwire|date=December 14, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2022}} She likes "asymmetrical things" and "a little bit of chaos" in her outfits, and "when it comes to the band, I want to dress to fit the music." Lee said she used to wear corsets more often in the early years when she wasn't as confident on stage, and it wasn't about "goth" but more about making her feel like "you're about to ride a rollercoaster and you're strapped in and not going to fall out."

Lee also guided Evanescence imagery since its start, including the title theme, videos, and album artwork.{{cite web |last=Heisler |first=Wendy |url=http://www.muchmusic.com/insidemuch/couplaquestions/evanescence/ |title=Coupla Questions: Evanescence |website=MuchMusic |date=September 26, 2006 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103062100/http://www.muchmusic.com/insidemuch/couplaquestions/evanescence/ |archive-date=November 3, 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2016/10/12/evanescence-thank-fans-with-new-box-set/?sh=1bccdc6b5873|title=Evanescence Thank Fans With New Box Set|work=Forbes|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922131057/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2016/10/12/evanescence-thank-fans-with-new-box-set/|archive-date=September 22, 2023|url-status=live}}

In 2006, Blender listed Lee as one of the hottest women in rock alongside such singers as Joan Jett, Courtney Love and Liz Phair. In 2013, Lee ranked first in NME.com's "Hottest Women in Music" award.

Lee was in a relationship with Seether's singer Shaun Morgan from 2003 to 2005. In May 2007, Lee married therapist Josh Hartzler. The couple's child, a son, was born in July 2014.

Lee said that she has never been formally religious, but considers herself a Christian. She said that Evanescence was not a Christian band and lyrically did not have any religious affiliation.{{refn|{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471313/evanescences-label-pulls-fallen.jhtml |title=Evanescence's Label Tells Christian Outlets To Yank Fallen |work=MTV News |first=Joe |last=D'Angelo |date=April 16, 2003 |access-date=August 1, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107163808/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471313/evanescences-label-pulls-fallen.jhtml |archive-date=November 7, 2012}}}}

Lee has spoken about mental health, and stated that she has experienced anxiety and depression from an early age. She considered her creative process to be a self-soothing activity.{{cite web|url=https://www.audacy.com/im-listening/evanescences-amy-lee-discusses-mental-health-and-anxiety|title=I'm Listening: Evanescence's Amy Lee Turns Painful Experiences Into Something Positive|publisher=Audacy|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023133950/https://www.audacy.com/im-listening/evanescences-amy-lee-discusses-mental-health-and-anxiety|archive-date=October 23, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/watch-evanescence-s-amy-lee-talks-mental-health-during-covid-1.12527645|title=Watch: Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks Mental Health During Covid|publisher=CFBR-FM|date=May 28, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626154026/https://www.iheartradio.ca/100-3-the-bear/trending/watch-evanescence-s-amy-lee-talks-mental-health-during-covid-1.12527645|archive-date=June 26, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://thefortyfive.com/interviews/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-2020-misogyny-grief-the-bitter-truth/|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: "What we're up against now is something that involves everyone"|work=The Forty-Five|date=September 30, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208100637/https://thefortyfive.com/interviews/evanescence-amy-lee-interview-2020-misogyny-grief-the-bitter-truth/|archive-date=February 8, 2023|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Amy Lee discography|List of songs recorded by Amy Lee |l2=list of songs}}

{{See also|Evanescence discography|List of songs recorded by Evanescence |l2=list of songs}}

• Aftermath (2014)
• Recover, Vol. 1 (2016)
• Dream Too Much (2016)

• I Love the New Millennium (herself)
• VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (herself)
• Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (voice)

{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Evanescence}}

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{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1547908/korn-quiet-down-mtv-unplugged.jhtml |title=Korn Quiet Down With The Cure, Amy Lee For 'MTV Unplugged' |work=MTV.com |first=Chris |last=Harris |date=December 13, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022005221/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1547908/korn-quiet-down-mtv-unplugged.jhtml |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/e3i29faacc3d1f770ee6a48c4fd72748b45 |title=Elfman, Korn, Plain White T's Revisit 'Nightmare' |work=Billboard.biz |first=Ann |last=Donahue |date=August 5, 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811223302/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/e3i29faacc3d1f770ee6a48c4fd72748b45 |archive-date=August 11, 2008 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/content/jonathan-davis-marilyn-manson-and-amy-lee-featured-nightmare-christmas-cd |title=Jonathan Davis, Marilyn Manson, and Amy Lee Featured on "Nightmare Before Christmas" CD |work=RevolverMag.com |date=August 8, 2008 |access-date=September 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824182703/http://www.revolvermag.com/content/jonathan-davis-marilyn-manson-and-amy-lee-featured-nightmare-christmas-cd |archive-date=August 24, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106660 |title=Evanescence Singer To Perform At 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Opening |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=October 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013162246/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=106660 |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/10/evanescences-amy-lee-its-not-all-sad/ |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee: "It's Not All Sad" |work=Spin.com |first=William |last=Goodman |date=October 17, 2008 |access-date=October 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018190534/http://www.spin.com/articles/evanescences-amy-lee-its-not-all-sad |archive-date=October 18, 2008 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/interview/447/491/Evanescence |title=Evanescence Interview |work=TheGauntlet.com |first=Jason |last=Fisher |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101074317/http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/447/Evanescence.html |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.spin.com/2010/03/exclusive-amy-lee-new-evanescence-album// |title=Amy Lee on the New Evanescence Album |first=William |last=Goodman |work=Spin |date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=March 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307164453/https://www.spin.com/2010/03/exclusive-amy-lee-new-evanescence-album/ |archive-date=March 7, 2010 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667020/evanescence-what-you-want.jhtml |title=Evanescence's 'What You Want': Hear A Preview! |publisher=MTV News |first=James |last=Montgomery |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224095455/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667020/evanescence-what-you-want.jhtml|archive-date=December 24, 2011|url-status=dead}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/weezer/57597 |title=Weezer, Paramore, Evanescence for Muppets tribute album |work=NME |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=July 11, 2011}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.johnnycashonline.com/news/we-walk-line-celebration-music-johnny-cash-cddvd-coming-august-7th |title='We Walk The Line: A Celebration Of The Music Of Johnny Cash' CD/DVD Coming August 7th |work=Johnnycashonline.com |year=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107102256/http://www.johnnycashonline.com/news/we-walk-line-celebration-music-johnny-cash-cddvd-coming-august-7th |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/407322819869949952 |title=I'm very excited... |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=December 2, 2013 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}

{{cite news |url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-mum-lawsuit-talks-film-scoring/ |title=Evanescence Singer Amy Lee Mum on Lawsuit, Turns Attention to Film Scoring |work=Loudwire.com |first=Chad |last=Childers |date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}

{{cite news |url=http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-aftermath/ |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Teases 'Aftermath' Disc Featuring Music Inspired by 'War Story' Movie |work=Loudwire.com |first=Chad |last=Childers |date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZKkKQEhco | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/7OZKkKQEhco| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Amy Lee - Aftermath (Teaser) |work=YouTube.com |date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}{{cbignore}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/576857607371145216 |title=Help create a new way... |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=March 14, 2015 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/daveeggar/status/576120143941640192 |title=In the studio putting... |work=Twitter.com |first=Dave |last=Eggar |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/evanescences-amy-lee-on-her-wild-irish-dance-infused-sci-fi-soundtrack-20151105 |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on Her Irish-Dance-Infused Sci-Fi Soundtrack |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=December 17, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/659816266425757696 |title=@VoiceFromTheSto |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=October 29, 2015 |access-date=October 29, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/VoiceFromTheSto/status/631952670643761152 |title=Excited to share... |work=Twitter.com |publisher=Voice From the Stone |date=August 13, 2015 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.kdge.com/onair/jessie-976/evanescence-coming-to-dallas-in-november-13778370 |title=Evanescence Coming to Dallas in November |work=KDGE.com |date=July 23, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529185734/http://www.kdge.com/onair/jessie-976/evanescence-coming-to-dallas-in-november-13778370/ |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/664142143942889473 |title=Sometimes I dream in music... |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=November 10, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/1105375239514245 |title=Cover #4: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing.... |work=Facebook.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=December 15, 2015 |access-date=December 17, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/659172979113402368 |title=Gotta give shout-outs to... |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amy-lee-discusses-evanescence-reunion-music-plans-20151030 |title=Amy Lee Talks Evanescence Reunion, New Music Plans |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=October 31, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/AmyLeeEV/status/660277513265029120 |title=Of course not ;) ... |work=Twitter.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=October 31, 2015 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}

{{cite news |url=http://loudwire.com/amy-lee-evanescence-future/ |title=Amy Lee: 'There Is Evanescence in the Future' |work=Loudwire |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=December 3, 2016}}

{{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160617005126/en/Amazon-Announces-Lineup-Original-Family-Music-Exclusively |title=Amazon Announces Lineup of Original Family Music Exclusively Streaming on Prime Music |work=Business Wire |date=June 17, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2016}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2931061/amy-lee-evanescence-dream-too-much-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915064100/http://www.mtv.com/news/2931061/amy-lee-evanescence-dream-too-much-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |title=Amy Lee Goes Beyond Evanescence's 'Bring Me To Life' On Her New Solo Record |work=MTV News |first=Deepa |last=Lakshmin |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=September 14, 2016}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/film-festival-roundup-woodstock-mill-valley-hamptons-1201726746/ |title=Woodstock Reveals Slate, Mill Valley Unveils Lineup, Hamptons Picks Opening And Closing Night Offerings |work=IndieWire |date=September 15, 2016 |access-date=September 15, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/1458770494174716:0 |title=When I was in Italy filming the video... |work=Facebook.com |first=Amy |last=Lee |date=February 10, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017}}

{{cite news |url=http://news.mtv.it/musica/francesca-michielin-amy-lee-degli-evanescence-canta-lamore-esiste-inglese/ |title=Francesca Michielin: Amy Lee degli Evanescence canta "L'Amore Esiste" in inglese |work=MTV.it |language=it |date=February 9, 2017 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064152/http://news.mtv.it/musica/francesca-michielin-amy-lee-degli-evanescence-canta-lamore-esiste-inglese/ |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-amy-lees-ghostly-new-ballad-speak-to-me-w472599 |title=Hear Evanescence Singer Amy Lee's Ghostly New Ballad 'Speak to Me' |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=March 18, 2017}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/amy-lee-reunites-with-mclawhorn-as-new-evanescence-takes-shape_1225428 |title=Amy Lee - Amy Lee Reunites With Mclawhorn As New Evanescence Takes Shape |work=Contactmusic.com |date=June 14, 2011 |access-date=January 23, 2014}}

{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/evanescence-singer-amy-lee-gets-married/ |title=Evanescence Singer Amy Lee Gets Married |work=People.com |first=Courtney |last=Rubin |date=May 10, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2014}}

{{cite news |url=http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2007/11/qa_with_evanescences_amy_lee.php |title=Q&A With Evanescence's Amy Lee |work=Westword |first=Michael |last=Roberts |date=November 21, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028175113/https://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2007/11/qa_with_evanescences_amy_lee.php|archive-date=October 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/563858/evanescence-s-amy-lee-welcomes-baby-boy-see-the-precious-pic |title=Evanescence's Amy Lee Welcomes Baby Boy—See the Precious Pic! |work=E! Online |first=Gabi |last=Duncan |date=July 28, 2014 |access-date=September 17, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys/2004/backstage.jhtml?id=amylee&c=7 |title=Amy Lee – Instant Fashion Profile |work=MTV News |year=2004 |access-date=November 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112130649/http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys/2004/backstage.jhtml?id=amylee&c=7 |archive-date=November 12, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxr9X24VxE | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/gVxr9X24VxE| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Amy Lee - VEVO Stylized |publisher=YouTube |date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

{{cite news |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295 |title=Hottest Women of...Rock! |first=Mike |last=Errico |work=Blender |date=December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106230021/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2295 |archive-date=January 6, 2007}}

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