Ezra Koenig Quotes
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I could Google image search 'the sky' and I would probably see beautiful images to knock my socks off. But I can't Google, you know, 'What does my friend look like today?' 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'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.
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If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy.
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I feel like you constantly have to prove why you deserve to continue to exist.
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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.
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Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.
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Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.
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One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.
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If I can't do that at age 33, I'll probably never be able to do it. As you enter your thirties, things get a little more squiggly, with life spreading out in different directions. All of that makes me think that now's the time to do what you really want to do and not have that same type of youthful anxiety about every step.
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It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.
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I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.
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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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Sometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences.
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Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.
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If you're lonely, bored, or unhappy, remember you are mad young. There is so much time to meet new people and go to new places.
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It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny.
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I'm down with Spotify. I don't know all the financial details but generally it's a great resource.
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Making every record is a process full of tough times.