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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I know for sure that nothing matters.