Moody left the band in the middle of tour in 2003, citing "creative differences" with Lee. He later said his reason for leaving Evanescence was, "If I stayed, I think Amy and I would have destroyed [Evanescence] because we just weren't heading in the same direction; we were pulling it in two different directions. It was bad". Moody also said in an interview with Spin Magazine that he tried to convince Lee to leave the band: "I had tried before, out of ignorance, pride, and resentment, to convince Amy that she should leave. That we'd be better off and Evanescence didn't need her", and followed this statement with an apology to Lee.
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