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.

I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.

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.

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 know for sure that nothing matters.

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