No Matter What You Do, If There's

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.

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?

I Like To Remind Myself That Everything Is Meaningless.

I Started Performing Opera When I Was 10 Years Old. I Didn't Perform As Zola Jesus Until I Was Probably 18.

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.