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.
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 Jesus
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 Jesus
When you fall in love, you become weak. - Zola Jesus
When you fall in love, you become weak.
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it. - Zola Jesus
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless. - Zola Jesus
I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.
And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse. - Zola Jesus
And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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 Jesus
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.
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18. - Zola Jesus
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
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 Jesus
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.
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 Jesus
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?
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