There can only be one Queen Bey.

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.

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.

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 feel like humans are a disease. It's a hard thing to communicate in a pop song. I mean, who wants to hear that?

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.

No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.

I like to remind myself that everything is meaningless.

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

I know for sure that nothing matters.

A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.

The free soul finds ease in cage.

We don't need any more writers as solitary heroes. We need a heroic writer's movement: assertive, militant, pugnacious.

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

A just system must generate its own support.

The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo

Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?

If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors. Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age.