I guess I just do being a man different than some. Ezra Furman More Quotes by Ezra Furman More Quotes From Ezra Furman People get stigmatised for their bodies and for their differences. Then those people become very vulnerable. Ezra Furman becomegetdifferencespeople Chuck Berry invented rock 'n' roll. He was one of the best songwriters of the 20th century. Ezra Furman rollrockhebest We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer. Ezra Furman gomusicfansprayer We punk fans have so much energy to give to the fight against injustice, i.e. the abuse of the poor by the rich, i.e. climate change. Ezra Furman fightclimate-changerichchange 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. Ezra Furman youlearninggayidentity I want to be a force that tries to revive the human spirit rather than crush it, to open possibilities rather than close them down. Sometimes a passionate negativity is the best way to do that. Ezra Furman downbestsometimesway I don't think I'll ever be able to fully explain the way that the Velvet Underground's records opened a door in my head. But it has something to do with Lou Reed as a mythic figure: a person who fitted no category, who defied limits and trends and definitions. Ezra Furman doorthinklimitsway I was a suburban kid who fancied myself somehow intellectual. I was into punk rock but I couldn't get into the subcultural signifiers of dyed hair, safety pins and torn denim. Being a punk seemed like a new set of rules that I wasn't interested in having to follow. Ezra Furman newmyselfsafetyhair Lou Reed was an ideal figure to me. He was bisexual, like me, and seemed to inhabit an ambiguous middle place on the masculine-feminine spectrum. Ezra Furman placelikemebisexual I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music. Ezra Furman beenalwayspop-musicmusic 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. Ezra Furman teenyourselffeelingsong I'm not an actor. Ezra Furman actor I'm not so adept at social media. It's not my forte. Ezra Furman adeptsocial-mediamediasocial Listening to songs is like eating and writing songs is like vomiting. You're putting a ton of stuff in, it combines in unpredictable ways, and comes back out in a big mess. Ezra Furman backyoueatingwriting More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability. Ezra Furman morevulnerabilityvisibilitypower I honestly feel like I've been mostly toiling in obscurity until a little bit after 'Day Of the Dog' came out. Ezra Furman feeldaylikedog If you're trying to deal with being a marginalized person and trying to confront a larger population that isn't the same as you, you can be friendly about it, and invite everybody in, or you can be angry about it and be hostile and attack the systems that you want to destabilize. Ezra Furman personyouangrytrying
