Song Quotes by Ezra Furman

A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music.

— Ezra Furman

The first music I loved on my own was punk.

— Ezra Furman

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.

— Ezra Furman

Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.

— Ezra Furman

I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a…

— Ezra Furman

The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.

— Ezra Furman

A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

— 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…

— Ezra Furman

One of my goals in making music is to make the world seem bigger, and life seem larger.

— Ezra Furman

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

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

My main theme as a songwriter seems to be a feeling of homelessness, of being in motion. The feeling of being somehow…

— Ezra Furman

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

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

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

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

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

I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords…

— Ezra Furman

I was like, "Who the hell is Bob Dylan?" I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically…

— Ezra Furman

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