Ezra Furman Quotes
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Sourav's calm and assured presence sets him apart. His captaincy is of a high order but he bats sensibly and reads situations well. I hope Sourav too becomes a World Cup wining captain.
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Don't be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.
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Descartes, the Frenchman, had little trouble knowing that he existed.
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The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.
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I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They were right.
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I don’t really know what “intellectual” means, but if it means you’ve got a desire to learn, you’ve got a desire to look for things that haven’t been presented to you, then, maybe. I think that “intellectual” is quite an exclusive word. I think it’s just for anyone that has a thirst or a hunger to improve themselves, or a yearning to escape from somewhere to get to a better place.
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I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder
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When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
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I get a lot of work done in my dreams and I don't want to take anybody else's work with me.
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The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and occupation. Love is something else, something rising and contagious and surprising. It isn't aware of itself. It isn't keeping track. It isn't something you sign for. It's endless and generous and enveloping. It's in the drums, in the voices, in the bodies of the wounded made suddenly whole, by the music, by each other, dancing.
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There's no doubt arena shows are exciting, but you don't get that up close and personal kind of vibe, and that's what rock n' roll is all about for me.
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Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.