The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs. — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw. — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people. — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
A lot of times I have the song inside of me and I have to fight to get it out. I'm a very visual… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
People don't really understand who I am. They always think that I'm very dark or depressed, but it couldn't be further from the truth! — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18. — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me. — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
I feel like humans are a disease. It's a hard thing to communicate in a pop song. I mean, who wants to hear that? — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
