"It's really comforting to find out that many of you miss my music and I wanted to talk to you about what's next.
I have reached a point where I am working on new material every night. I am delighted with it ... enough to keep fighting ... enough to reopen the door to this world of chaos even knowing that it scares me".
"I do not want to advance much about how it will sound, because surely a large part will change when entering the studio but it is not ... something that you expect. It definitely won't be honeymoon music either, but it won't sound like I'm dying all the time either.
It will be dark, sarcastic, funny, strange, familiar and quite different at the same time… it makes me feel alive and I want you to hear it right now.
If you were at my house, I would buy you a drink and we would put it at full volume in the player ... and I know you would love it".
"Thanks to everyone who has told me that my music influenced their lives.
Someone asked me what it feels like when they tell you that your music has marked them forever… it makes me feel like I'm not crazy… it makes me feel great.
They also asked me why blood is a recurring theme in my compositions ... that made me very funny ... I promise you that there will be less blood in the next album ... slightly less".
"Finally, many want to know if Evanescence will come back as a group, as a solo artist, etc. Well I will tell you that the name has come to life ... it has developed and has become more interesting, deeper, more honest than I expected.
It is the passion that keeps him alive, the obsessive fixation on doing things right… thinking about them… the love of music. That is my band and, against all the obstacles that arise, I will carry on with it".
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