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
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
We spent a lot of time making 'Transangelic Exodus' and toward the end of it, my ability and my love for music… — Ezra Furman Ability Copy Share Image
You have to be an anti-racist to not be racist. Because it's just a cultural tide that will pull you into it… — Ezra Furman Against Copy Share Image
I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a… — Ezra Furman Great 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
Just being gender non-conforming opens you to trouble from strangers. And violence. — Ezra Furman Crime Copy Share Image
Learning that someone is gay, queer, trans, doesn't tell you much by itself. They could be any kind of person aside from… — Ezra Furman Gay Copy Share Image
There is something embarrassing about asking for money, but if I hadn't done that, I would have not continued to be a… — Ezra Furman Asking for money 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
Judaism is a way of thinking, more than anything else, that I think is entirely distinct, and the more you know of… — Ezra Furman I think 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
Lou Reed was an ideal figure to me. He was bisexual, like me, and seemed to inhabit an ambiguous middle place on… — Ezra Furman Bisexual Copy Share Image
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 Band Copy Share Image
I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want… — Ezra Furman Always 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
God is close to the brokenhearted, and God lifts up the lonely. That was a message that was explicitly quoted to me… — Ezra Furman Focus Copy Share Image
My focus is matters of the heart and matters of the spirit, emotion and passion and stuff like that. But I think… — Ezra Furman Focus Copy Share Image
If you're trying to deal with being a marginalized person and trying to confront a larger population that isn't the same as… — Ezra Furman Angry 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
Sometimes there's a day where I don't feel good being out in the world, and I feel unsafe in the world in… — Ezra Furman Anxiety Copy Share Image
