Ezra Furman Quotes
I think of myself as someone who's trying to be a great songwriter and a great performer. And I mean really great.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.
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Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.
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I'm more interested in my life than I am in my career. I don't want to not work. I do enjoy working, but not to the point where that's the only thing I focus on.
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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.
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If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.
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When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead.
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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
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Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
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The serialization through the Internet or through digital portals, means of ways of communicating, and I think that's great.
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I think we're doing much better player-wise, but I think we need to reach out to African-American fans.
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I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.
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I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.
