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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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 voice and great work ethic, which I really respect in an artist. She is also very humble and gracious and devoted to her skill.
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, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
There can only be one Queen Bey.
I know for sure that nothing matters.
I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
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?
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 the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
When you fall in love, you become weak.
I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
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 like the organic and human ... the intrinsic, I guess.
I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.
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, so I can see the song but I can't hear it. But I think that if your music becomes a war for it to happen, in the end there's a certain kind of aggression in the music. And I think that's a lot more interesting.
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 know what else I would do.
