Zola Jesus Quotes

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• The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
• There can only be one Queen Bey.
• 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 you…
• 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 person,…
• And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
• I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
• I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
• I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.
• I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
• It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't…
• My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely…
• No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
• 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!
• When you fall in love, you become weak.
• As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all…
• Everything I do is a reflection of the duality within me. Musically, I really love things that are very synthetic and unnatural. And I also…
• I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She has this huge…
• 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 word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera,…
• True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and…

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