A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Ezra Furman And The Boy-Friends was a band with a specific mission - to be a really good rock'n'roll band. And we… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
What really is wild about rock 'n' roll? Nothing. It's so banal and so part of corporate culture. It threatens to lose… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I was like, "Who the hell is Bob Dylan?" I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
My main theme as a songwriter seems to be a feeling of homelessness, of being in motion. The feeling of being somehow… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't… — 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 don't think I'll ever be able to fully explain the way that the Velvet Underground's records opened a door in my… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Listening to songs is like eating and writing songs is like vomiting. You're putting a ton of stuff in, it combines in… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I was a suburban kid who fancied myself somehow intellectual. I was into punk rock but I couldn't get into the subcultural… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
One of my goals in making music is to make the world seem bigger, and life seem larger. — 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
![“I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords at summer camp. He was like, "You could play all punk songs if you just learn this chord and just move it around on the guitar".” quote by Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ef/ezra-furman-4439_camps_i-wanted-to-get-a-guitar-when-i-was-13-s_554661.jpg)
