Zola Jesus Quotes

• 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 can break out of that.

  Zola Jesús

  Break Out, Want, Born

  "20 Q&As: Zola Jesus". Interview with Karen Orton, www.dazeddigital.com. October 3, 2011.

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• The most important thing for us to do as beings is to be aware of our position in the world on a micro and macro level.

  Zola Jesús

  Important, World, Levels

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• 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.

  Zola Jesús

  Humble, Artist, Skills

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• 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 Jesús

  Song, Mean, Disease

  Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. July 29, 2014.

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• My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.

  Zola Jesús

  Break Through, Anxiety, Weakness

  "Zola Jesus Is A Romantic". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• Hagas lo que hagas, si hay algo que te da miedo, tienes que superarlo.

  Zola Jesús

  Break Through, Needs, Matter

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• I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.

  Zola Jesús

  Jesus, Years, Zola

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• I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

  Zola Jesús

  Sin sentido

  "Zola Jesus Interview: On the Planet, Society, and Self". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.

  Zola Jesús

  Release, Music Is, Impulse

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• 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 Jesús

  Song, Empowering, Benefits

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• I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.

  Zola Jesús

  Thinking, People, Ladders

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• I know for sure that nothing matters.

  Zola Jesús

  Matter, Nothing Matters, Knows

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• I feel like I am alone when I am in the presence of those I love. It is so freeing and comfortable, you become one with them.

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  Feels, Comfortable

  "Zola Jesus Interview: On the Planet, Society, and Self". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• 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.

  Zola Jesús

  Stupid, Musician, Sound

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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.

  Zola Jesús

  Canción, Escritura, Gente

  "Zola Jesus Is A Romantic". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• There can only be one Queen Bey.

  Zola Jesús

  Queens

  "Zola Jesus Wants to Change the World" by Sergio Kletnoy, www.elle.com. July 16, 2014.

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• 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.

  Zola Jesús

  Song, War, Writing

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• 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 represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.

  Zola Jesús

  Vocabulary, Expression, Pieces

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• 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.

  Zola Jesús

  Believe, Singing, Opera

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Reflection, Synthetic, Duality

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• 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.

  Zola Jesús

  Children, Emotional, Voice

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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• When you fall in love, you become weak.

  Zola Jesús

  Falling In Love, Fall, Love You

  "Zola Jesus is a Romantic". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.

  Zola Jesús

  Song, Trying, Honest

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• 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 Jesús

  Dark, Thinking, Who I Am

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• I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.

  Zola Jesús

  Different, Opera, Influence

  Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.

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