We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to be an activist, and I think of that as separate from my work as an artist. But it isn't. — Ezra Furman Activist Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
My Jewishness and queerness are very interwoven, and, although they sometimes conflict culturally, intellectually and spiritually they deepen one another for me. — Ezra Furman 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
I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I had so many secrets and so much social repression throughout my life. I guess I'm just a shy person and feel… — Ezra Furman 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
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 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 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
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 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
I feel like one thing that messed me up was living in a homophobic and transphobic society, and just being the object… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
In terms of keeping kosher, I've basically just been vegetarian. I want to be fully vegetarian anyway, though sometimes my mom makes… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
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 Expectations Copy Share Image
Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation,… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can… — Ezra Furman Fear Copy Share Image
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 Feelings 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 Copy Share Image
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan I heard when I was 13. It was one of those things where it was like,… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
If you get into really learning about the roots of monotheism, it was utterly a radical cultural moment. The Bible was so… — Ezra Furman Bible 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
Judaism is a way of thinking, more than anything else, that I think is entirely distinct, and the more you know of… — Ezra Furman 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 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
Being in a rock n' roll group, or being a musician, it is in conflict in some serious cultural ways with being… — Ezra Furman Conflict 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
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
![“I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords at summer camp. He was like, "You could play all punk songs if you just learn this chord and just move it around on the guitar".” quote by Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/ezra-furman-4439_camps_i-wanted-to-get-a-guitar-when-i-was-13-s_554661.jpg)
![“I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.” quote by Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/ezra-furman-4439_common_i-think-rock-n-roll-essence-is-what-made_680749.jpg)
