Ezra Furman Quotes
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I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't know, teen angst feelings - feeling unsure of yourself and immature.
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I'm in this effort to unify my life and to live day to day in a disciplined way, to be real at all times, not just in front of people, or not just in a synagogue.
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I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.
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Just being gender non-conforming opens you to trouble from strangers. And violence.
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I am frustrated at misconceptions of me, and being cast in a role.
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I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations various authorities have for you.
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Part of what you hear when somebody says something awful to you is like, 'They're right, I look ridiculous, why am I dressed this way, I should go home and change.' For me that voice is always in my head, right around the corner.
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My two most fervent interests are pop music and traditional Judaism. Hell of a pair of fervent interests.
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I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them.
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I was thinking very carefully about going into education, becoming a teacher, maybe becoming a rabbi.
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My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.
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My favourite artists are the ones who are human, and you know they're not in a failure-proof environment.
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I'm an amateur at music and an amateur at most things. I like the idea of offering some music and some records and a website to people who feel perplexed.
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My main theme as a songwriter seems to be a feeling of homelessness, of being in motion. The feeling of being somehow unmoored, a radical internal freedom that is very painful and also joyful.
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The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.
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In terms of keeping kosher, I've basically just been vegetarian. I want to be fully vegetarian anyway, though sometimes my mom makes chicken soup and I have to eat it. I just love it.
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I don't really worship the album 'Transformer.' It's not the best thing that Lou Reed has done.
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If I can see the sunrise - and I usually don't - I like to. I'm a big fan of the sun.
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We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.
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Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity.
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I believe an authentic Judaism would legislate total equality for queer people.
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More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.
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Learning that someone is gay, queer, trans, doesn't tell you much by itself. They could be any kind of person aside from that particular slice of identity.
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I honestly feel like I've been mostly toiling in obscurity until a little bit after 'Day Of the Dog' came out.