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Amy Lee is in New York, deep in the throes of promotion for Evanescence's headlining fall tour, on the day that she speaks to AOL Music. Her voice -- frequently hiccupped by laughter -- is confident yet soft, with a girlish intonation, while her words are quick to exit a mouth that frames thousands of thoughts before the next. Lee is currently enjoying her three-week hiatus from the road. To say the break is much-deserved would be an understatement. Evanescence have been touring behind their latest album, 'The Open Door,' for one year now, and in that time have suffered yet another lineup change with the exit of guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray. It's not all fodder for tragedy, though. Lee married her longtime friend, Josh Hartzler, in May, which she credits for her newfound -- and steadfast -- happiness. "I feel like I've knocked through a lot of walls and gotten to, like, a healthy place," she says assuredly. "I do think I'm in a good place."
It's a welcome assertion from the 25-year-old woman who's both cheered and jeered as a brooding, maudlin Gothic queen -- a reptutation that Lee, no matter how much she smiles, can shake. Ask her, however, and she'll give it to you straight: Nothing is ever as it seems.
Evanescence have been on the road for a year now and are headlining a fall tour. That's a pretty rigorous schedule. Are you tired?
Well, I've done it better this time. When we toured 'Fallen,' I was absolutely exhausted. We didn't take hardly any time off between tours. Touring for a year means a bunch of tours with a couple days or a couple weeks off in between. We did the same thing this time, except instead of taking a day off before going on another tour, we took two weeks here and there. I've actually had three weeks off just now, so I feel pretty ready to go. And I've have enough time to really think about the set list and all the cool things I want to do that we haven't done in a long time. I just really want to make it the best tour because I know it's the last one, and I want to go out with a bang.
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