Ezra Koenig Quotes
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In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam.
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As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
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Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.
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I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.
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My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
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You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you're in high school. Or you can put on a shirt and tie and pretend to be an adult.
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I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.
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Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess.
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Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time.
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I don't like to generalize but I've had nothing but bad experiences with Mexican food in Europe.
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I go to great pains to find the best yogurt and granola.
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No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.
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I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper.
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Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.
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My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad's union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege.
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Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music.
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But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period.
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For you to be able to take a picture of yourself that you feel good enough about to share with the world - I think that's a great thing.
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I like how Ralph Lauren creates a mystical world through his clothing.
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I think that anybody who's anti-selfie is really just a hater. Because, truthfully, why shouldn't people take pictures of themselves? When I'm on Instagram and I see that somebody took a picture of themselves, I'm like, 'Thank you.' I don't need to see a picture of the sky, the trees, plants. There's only one you.
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All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.
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We live in such extreme times that I think we all have a responsibility to be aware of what's happening and talk about it.
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It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny.
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It's pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don't have to. It's totally different now to back in the day. Now you're paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there's some kind of connection.