I hoped that being attracted to men might go away, but what I never ever hoped would go away were the feelings… — Arca Feelings Copy Share Image
I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not… — Arca Bored Copy Share Image
I feel like, a lot of times, you make music, and you don't really understand why until with hindsight. — Arca Feel Copy Share Image
I think there's a certain poetry to having your body reflect what you feel inside of you. Perhaps you have a feeling… — Arca Body Copy Share Image
There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. And the reason I'm feeling that is more… — Arca Breathing Copy Share Image
It's been a growth process for each of us to understand why we find certain things beautiful. And if we do find… — Arca Beautiful Copy Share Image
With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time. — Arca Health Copy Share Image
The only thing that mattered to me with 'Xen' was setting things up against each other in an uncomfortable way. If there's… — Arca Brain Copy Share Image
I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while… — Arca Different Copy Share Image
It's grotesque to believe the body we inhabit we want to inhabit 24/7. — Arca Believe Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot from every musical collaboration I've ever had, but there's something about my relationship with Bjork that is special… — Arca Collaboration Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy dose of scepticism towards what identity is and what personas are, maybe because of my life journey.… — Arca Identity Copy Share Image
If I gravitate toward someone, I bridge the gap between us somehow, and I accidentally maybe start seeing the world through their… — Arca Bridge Copy Share Image
I've learned to use things like softness and vulnerability as weapons against the things you feel ashamed of in yourself. — Arca Feel Copy Share Image
I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an… — Arca Hip hop Copy Share Image
I knew that I would have to leave Venezuela in order to figure out who I was. — Arca Figure Copy Share Image
'Xen,' to me, was a necessary excursion inward, into myself. 'Mutant' is a response to it and is more extroverted. — Arca Inward Copy Share Image
It's a really deep and layered psychological situation - making music with someone - if they're trying to make something real and… — Arca Bad Copy Share Image
I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love… — Arca Darling Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I used to say, 'I'm not making music. I am getting catharsis for emotion.' For me, vulnerability is… — Arca I am Copy Share Image
Theatricality - that's where you get catharsis. The Greeks went to see drama because they felt like this wasn't happening to them. — Arca Drama Copy Share Image
