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!

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.

The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.

I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

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

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

I know for sure that nothing matters.