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.

When you fall in love, you become weak.

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.

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

I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

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!

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