Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's… — Arca Look Copy Share Image
I guess all of us have a little bit of both masculinity and femininity, and bridging the gap between those two things… — Arca Femininity Copy Share Image
Something I keep coming back to in my music is the tension between two extremes: healing and chaos, hope and anxiety -… — Arca Anxiety Copy Share Image
Arca means 'box' or 'wooden' in very old Spanish. It's a ceremonial container where you store jewelry or valuables, an empty space… — Arca Empty Copy Share Image
As a kid, I spent a lot of my mental energy hiding who I was and attempting to fit in. — Arca Attempting Copy Share Image
Making music is an inward and outward gesture at once. I make it because I'm communing with a side of myself that… — Arca Help Copy Share Image
A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them… — Arca Ashamed Copy Share Image
I love vocal music, but I've had a hard time understanding myself through the English language. So it just seemed to me… — Arca Able Copy Share Image
A mother isn't someone who does it on purpose; mothers are who they are, and just by existing, they affect the way… — Arca Mother Copy Share Image
I exist in agreement with all the weird chaos, destruction, and agony that is undoubtedly part of the texture of being alive. — Arca Alive Copy Share Image
A few years ago, I had an interest in making things that felt more like "pieces." That was when I was making… — Arca Corny Copy Share Image
Once you share what you're communicating with your audience, then you can make more sense of it in a subconscious way. — Arca Audience Copy Share Image
It's impossible to exorcise the darkness out of you. We can pretend it's not there until something bursts. — Arca Darkness Copy Share Image
Compulsion is a behaviour that short-circuits you out of feeling ashamed, and then you feel triple-ashamed afterwards. — Arca Ashamed Copy Share Image
Internally, we have so many different parts, both positive and negative. And if you force them together, a spark comes out. — Arca Negative Copy Share Image
When I was young, I put on performances for my family and my parents where I would dance like a woman, singing… — Arca Dance Copy Share Image
When I was making 'Xen,' I was surprised at how introverted some of the songs were. I wasn't deliberately trying to go… — Arca Embrace Copy Share Image
I have an interesting relationship with my voice. I give myself tons of freedom in how to engage with my voice because… — Arca Freedom Copy Share Image
When you're uncomfortable, that's when you learn something new about yourself. — Arca Education Copy Share Image
You become more animalistic when you don't know what's coming next - you have to be on guard, but at the same… — Arca Animalistic Copy Share Image
There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. There's often two words that are close in… — Arca Beautiful Copy Share Image
I knew from a very, very early age that I was gay, although in the social environment in Venezuela, you don't ever… — Arca Age Copy Share Image
