Ezra Furman Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.
-
When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
-
I feel really lucky to get to do comedy, and music, at all. I want to do as much as I can.
-
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
-
I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.
-
Nobody leaves this band unless it's in a coffin.
-
I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.
-
Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.
-
There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on.
-
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
-
I have totally like an urbanite relationship to nature. I mean I'm not someone who hikes.
-
I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.
-
I think a lot of things do influence me, but the influence mechanism is as such that these things dive into your brain and bury themselves into your subconscious and you're never quite sure where and how they're going to emerge. I don't think I really take direct influence.
-
With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!
-
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
-
I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.
