"I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18."
"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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Source: Interview with Elliott Sharp, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2011.
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