As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
It’s pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they don’t have to. It’s totally different now to back in the day. Now you’re paying for a record because you believe in the band. In the future that will be the only time people will pay for albums, because there’s some kind of connection. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
You can be 24 and continue to live like you’re at college, or even continue to live like you’re in high school. Or you can put on a shirt and tie and pretend to be an adult. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
It’s so easy for anyone to deal with their own guilt of being a middle-class white music fan by pointing to other people who they perceive to be richer than them, whiter than them. Ezra Koenig Read Quote
