I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
People get stigmatised for their bodies and for their differences. Then those people become very vulnerable. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Some part of me hopes for a guardian angel to protect me and other people who need protection. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I take it hard whenever anything happens that makes, I guess, queer people feel less safe and less welcome in the world. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I had so many secrets and so much social repression throughout my life. I guess I'm just a shy person and feel… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I'm an amateur at music and an amateur at most things. I like the idea of offering some music and some records… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I'm a shy person whose very presence has become a confrontation. I think that's true of a lot of queer people. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
God is close to the brokenhearted, and God lifts up the lonely. That was a message that was explicitly quoted to me… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I just don't care that much about the band name. I'm not so precious about it. The Harpoons were different people, but… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I love obsessive fandom because I'm an obsessive fan who flips out over music. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
Listening to songs is like eating and writing songs is like vomiting. You're putting a ton of stuff in, it combines in unpredictable ways,… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I was thinking very carefully about going into education, becoming a teacher, maybe becoming a rabbi. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I'm an amateur at music and an amateur at most things. I like the idea of offering some music and some records and a… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
I could write a joke song really easily, but I think something that might be true for my generation is that there's a certain… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity. — Ezra Furman Copy Share
The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it. It was a force for siding with the oppressed and a rebellion… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually… — Ezra Furman Copy Share
