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I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.
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Zola Jesus
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: April 11
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Nika Roza Danilova
Nicole Rose Hummel
Nika Rosa Danilova
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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.
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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.
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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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.
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The word theatrical makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.
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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.
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The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
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I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.
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I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.
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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.
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I know for sure that nothing matters.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that.
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A lot of times I have the song inside of me and I have to fight to get it out. I'm a very visual person, so I can see the song but I can't hear it. But I think that if your music becomes a war for it to happen, in the end there's a certain kind of aggression in the music. And I think that's a lot more interesting.
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I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
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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.
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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!
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As a child, I was always making sound it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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