I have to go to the woods, and I have to meet the wolf, or else my life will never begin.
I feel like I am alone when I am in the presence of those I love. It is so freeing and comfortable, you become one with them.
I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.
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.
I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.
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?
There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives
Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning, and the noontide night.
God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad.
My favorite [costume in collection] is the white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in the subway breeze scene in 'The Seven Year Itch. '