Ezra Furman Quotes
My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.
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I'm not educated about cinema or genres.
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I get pretty grumpy about TV.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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When you're young, you don't have much sense. You don't have any reasoning power. You don't have any ability to take a blow, an insult, a hurt in the right way. There is no way a child can do that. All a child can do is feel the pang of it, the heartache of it.
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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.
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When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.
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There was music all about us, we were growing quite forgetfulWe were only singing seamen from the dirt of Londontown.
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I don't see how a woman in documentary photography could have children. I think it's a very difficult thing to do to raise a family, and I have enormous respect for people who do it. I'd hate to do something like that and not be good at it.
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I have to hold up my end of the bargain and do what's expected of me.
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Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.
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This is Palestinian money, which cannot be withheld.
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I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
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Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.
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I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?
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My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.
