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> [I'm interested in God. I'm not interested in religion for religion's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-interested-in-god-i-m-not-interested-in-religion-for-religion-s/)

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

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> [I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to be for God's sake and God is an unpredictable, wild thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-furman/i-m-certainly-not-interested-in-religion-for-religion-s-sake-or-for/)

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

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## 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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