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title: "1 Guitar Play Quotes By Ezra Furman"
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> [I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I wanted to get a guitar so I could play punk songs because this kid taught me power chords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-was-pretty-much-into-punk-rock-and-that-s-all-i-cared-about-i-was/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/ezra-furman-4439_day_i-was-pretty-much-into-punk-rock-and-tha_995631.jpg)

## More by Ezra Furman

> [I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-just-grateful-to-people-who-are-willing-to-admit-how-bad-things/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-ambiguity-in-pop-music/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [I love obsessive fandom because I'm an obsessive fan who flips out over music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-love-obsessive-fandom-because-i-m-an-obsessive-fan-who-flips-out/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-believe-an-authentic-judaism-would-legislate-total-equality-for/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/listening-to-songs-is-like-eating-and-writing-songs-is-like-vomiting/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [I was thinking very carefully about going into education, becoming a teacher, maybe becoming a rabbi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-was-thinking-very-carefully-about-going-into-education-becoming-a/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-an-amateur-at-music-and-an-amateur-at-most-things-i-like-the-idea/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-first-got-into-music-when-i-heard-punk-and-it-was-saying-maybe-it-s/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/we-music-fans-go-to-shows-for-transcendence-it-s-like-being-called-to/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-heard-the-velvet-underground-and-that-changed-things-when-i-was/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/we-need-a-lot-more-visibility-of-queer-people-in-public-life-people/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-could-write-a-joke-song-really-easily-but-i-think-something-that/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/far-from-being-a-showbiz-gimmick-for-me-dressing-as-i-please-has/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [The Bible was so revolutionary and against all that came before it. It was a force for siding with the oppressed and a rebellion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/the-bible-was-so-revolutionary-and-against-all-that-came-before-it-it/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

> [Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/not-only-am-i-a-shy-person-i-take-a-little-while-to-say-what-i-mean/)

[Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-furman/)

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