I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer. Ezra Furman Read Quote
I take it hard whenever anything happens that makes, I guess, queer people feel less safe and less welcome in the world. Ezra Furman Read Quote
I really don’t care about what anyone says unless they are also gender-nonconforming. Then I really listen. I love the solidarity felt between us gender failures. Ezra Furman Read Quote
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. Ezra Furman Read Quote
I grew up attending a Conservative day school, Solomon Schechter, until I was about 14, and going to a Reconstructionist synagogue. Ezra Furman Read Quote
I think of myself as someone who’s trying to be a great songwriter and a great performer. And I mean really great. Ezra Furman Read Quote
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. Ezra Furman Read Quote
Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity. Ezra Furman Read Quote
