Ezra Furman Quotes

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Ezra Furman

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 5, 1986

I'm just grateful to people who are willing to admit how bad things feel for them.

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The first music I loved on my own was punk.

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I wrote 'My Teeth Hurt' in April 2018 when my teeth hurt and I didn't have dental insurance.

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It's one of the guiding philosophies of my life - not fearing any authority on earth.

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I think of myself as a tomgirl. A boy who's girly in every presentational aspect. And I play guitar and write good songs.

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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 two most fervent interests are pop music and traditional Judaism. Hell of a pair of fervent interests.

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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 Jewishness and queerness are very interwoven, and, although they sometimes conflict culturally, intellectually and spiritually they deepen one another for me.

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I wear what I want to wear and appear on stage as myself.

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Desperate times make for desperate songs.

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Once you admit how bad it feels to live in a broken society, you can start to resist it, and imagine a better one.

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I think there's a large worry in queer communities about imitating straight people, when queerness has its own identity and maybe can be a radical force that should be dismantling stuff that locks people into structures.

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I'm a big fan of Louis CK - I think he's a master of standup.

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I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.

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I love obsessive fandom because I'm an obsessive fan who flips out over music.

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A lot of bands break through with their third record: the White Stripes, the Clash, the Replacements.

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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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Just being a normal person and having a social life involves a lot of dishonesty for me.

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I think I'm gradually becoming a more politically aware person.

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