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There can only be one Queen Bey.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Queens
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I know for sure that nothing matters.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Knows
Matter
Nothing Matters
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Fall
Falling In Love
Love You
Weak
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I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Thinking
Universal
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I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
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I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Goth
Ladders
Misconception
People
Thinking
People Know Why
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Impulse
Music Is
Release
Music Feel Always
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Different
Influence
Opera
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Break Through
Matter
Needs
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Honest
Intense
Massive
Song
Trying
Raw
Remaining
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Jesus
Opera
Performing
Years
Zola
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Allowing
People
Relate
Song
Writing
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Disease
Mean
Song
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Important
Levels
World
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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.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Comfortable
Feels
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Dark
Thinking
Who I Am
Truth I Am People
Depressed
Further
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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.
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Born
Break Out
Want
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Musician
Sound
Stupid
Me Never Know
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Anxiety
Break Through
Function
Weakness
Life Music Where
Barely
Life Music Way
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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.
Zola Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Duality
Reflection
Synthetic
Unnatural
Love Me Human
Intrinsic
Musically
Organic
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Benefits
Empowering
Frightening
Solo
Song
Weight
Benefit
Deliver
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Opera
Singing
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Cringe
Opera
Performing
Singing
Theatrical
Believe I Believe Always
Believe Me True
Performance
Raw
Rehearsed
Staged
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Children
Compulsion
Emotional
Formidable
Lessons
Opera
Scream
Voice
Me Voice Singing
Always Thoughts Your
Freed
Thoughts
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Dramatic
Expression
Guidelines
Opera
Performing
Pieces
Vocabulary
Context
Interpreted
Objectively
Reflect
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Devoted
Gracious
Great Work
Humble
Skills
Work Ethic
Work Respect Great
Talented
Ethic
Incredibly
Skill
Something People
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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 Jesus / Singer-Songwriter
War
Song
Writing
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