Zola Jesus Quotes
I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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I'm beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes - and that's not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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I just loved the idea of writing for different personalities all the time.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I'm interested in non-fiction, but a form of it which is very badly behaved, which doesn't define itself as straight-ahead journalism or memoir. It blurs boundaries, plays fast and loose with the truth - not to be silly, whimsical or lazy, but to get greater purchase on what it feels like to be alive.
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I try to create songs that are really massive and intense, but at the same time remaining honest and raw.
