Overcoming Repression Quotes by Ezra Furman

I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them.

— Ezra Furman

I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music.

— Ezra Furman

I love obsessive fandom because I'm an obsessive fan who flips out over music.

— Ezra Furman

I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people.

— 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,…

— Ezra Furman

I was thinking very carefully about going into education, becoming a teacher, maybe becoming a rabbi.

— 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…

— 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…

— Ezra Furman

We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer.

— Ezra Furman

I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.

— Ezra Furman

We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it.

— 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…

— Ezra Furman