I'm a shy person whose very presence has become a confrontation. I think that's true of a lot of queer people. — Ezra Furman I think Copy Share Image
We need a lot more visibility of queer people in public life. People gotta get used to it. — Ezra Furman Homosexuality Copy Share Image
We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s. — Ezra Furman Early Copy Share Image
My two most fervent interests are pop music and traditional Judaism. Hell of a pair of fervent interests. — Ezra Furman Hell Copy Share Image
I honestly feel like I've been mostly toiling in obscurity until a little bit after 'Day Of the Dog' came out. — Ezra Furman Day 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 Corporate Copy Share Image
Just being gender non-conforming opens you to trouble from strangers. And violence. — Ezra Furman Crime Copy Share Image
One of my goals in making music is to make the world seem bigger, and life seem larger. — Ezra Furman Goals Copy Share Image
I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I… — Ezra Furman Day 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 Being Copy Share Image
God is close to the brokenhearted, and God lifts up the lonely. That was a message that was explicitly quoted to me… — Ezra Furman Brokenhearted Copy Share Image
I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good -… — Ezra Furman Common Copy Share Image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 Big 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 Myself Copy Share Image
I could write a joke song really easily, but I think something that might be true for my generation is that there's… — Ezra Furman Generation Copy Share Image
It's always about staying competitive with myself... Popularity is something that may happen from time to time, and I don't trust it… — Ezra Furman Always Copy Share Image
I wrote 'My Teeth Hurt' in April 2018 when my teeth hurt and I didn't have dental insurance. — Ezra Furman April Copy Share Image
I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15. — Ezra Furman Heard Copy Share Image
I get stage fright really bad sometimes, so touring has been hard on me in a lot of ways. But despite that,… — Ezra Furman Bad Copy Share Image
Some part of me hopes for a guardian angel to protect me and other people who need protection. — Ezra Furman Angel Copy Share Image
My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records. — Ezra Furman Great Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a tomgirl. A boy who's girly in every presentational aspect. And I play guitar and write good… — Ezra Furman Good Copy Share Image
You have to make a character of yourself if you're going to be known to strangers. — Ezra Furman Character Copy Share Image
I grew up attending a Conservative day school, Solomon Schechter, until I was about 14, and going to a Reconstructionist synagogue. — Ezra Furman About Copy Share Image
A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements. — Ezra Furman Bands Copy Share Image
The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one. — Ezra Furman American Copy Share Image
We punk fans have so much energy to give to the fight against injustice, i.e. the abuse of the poor by the… — Ezra Furman Change Copy Share Image
I like going to bed early and getting up early, but that doesn't happen on tour. — Ezra Furman Bed 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 Achieved Copy Share Image
We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer. — Ezra Furman Being Copy Share Image
I don't really worship the album 'Transformer.' It's not the best thing that Lou Reed has done. — Ezra Furman Album Copy Share Image
If I can see the sunrise - and I usually don't - I like to. I'm a big fan of the sun. — Ezra Furman Big 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 Failure Copy Share Image
It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth. — Ezra Furman Any Copy Share Image
I take it hard whenever anything happens that makes, I guess, queer people feel less safe and less welcome in the world. — Ezra Furman Anything Copy Share Image
I want to make the greatest record ever made. It's the only thing I can think about. — Ezra Furman Greatest Copy Share Image
I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them. — Ezra Furman Bad Copy Share Image
My favourite artists are the ones who are human, and you know they're not in a failure-proof environment. — Ezra Furman Art Copy Share Image
I love obsessive fandom because I'm an obsessive fan who flips out over music. — Ezra Furman I love Copy Share Image
People get stigmatised for their bodies and for their differences. Then those people become very vulnerable. — Ezra Furman Become Copy Share Image
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