: She was tracked down by fans in 2018 and later serendipitously picked up filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes in her rideshare car in 2019. The two collaborated on a documentary before Q Lazzarus passed away in July 2022 at age 61. Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus - Cactus Club
: Q Lazzarus was working as a taxi driver in New York City in the 1980s when she picked up director Jonathan Demme during a snowstorm. She played him her demo tape, leading him to feature her music in four of his films: Something Wild , Married to the Mob , The Silence of the Lambs , and Philadelphia . Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
"Goodbye Horses" is a synth-pop cult classic by American singer (born Diane Luckey), famously immortalized by its use in the "Buffalo Bill" mirror scene of the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs . Written by her bandmate William Garvey, the song's lyrics are based on the Hindu concept of transcendence over the five senses, represented by the "horses". The Story of Q Lazzarus : She was tracked down by fans in
: Despite her cult fame, Q Lazzarus struggled to find a record deal due to being "unmarketable" to industry standards of the time—a Black woman singing rock and new wave. She disappeared from the public eye in the mid-1990s and spent decades working as a bus driver in Staten Island. She played him her demo tape, leading him