100 Quotes by Ezra Furman

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

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

I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I wanted to get a guitar so I could play punk songs because this kid taught me power chords at summer camp.

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

I could write a joke song really easily, but I think something that might be true for my generation is that there's a certain irony or detachedness expected of us, even though we really feel sincere. So the only way to sincerity is through a joke.

I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.

I feel like one thing that messed me up was living in a homophobic and transphobic society, and just being the object of mockery and disgust in your average sitcom or movie or person at school.

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity.