Ezra Furman Quotes

Traveling changed my personality and gave me ability to do the music I do and to think in a certain way that everything can be possible.

I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.

'South Pacific' - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during 'South Pacific,' I went from being a girl to being a woman.

If it weren't for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.

Elvis was the first person in music that I really identified with.

Like trillions of others, if it wasn't for Bob Dylan, it would have been a different musical landscape. Pop music wouldn't have been my thing at all. I did also grow up listening to The Beatles, but I never thought of being a Beatle.

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.

Probably my favorite piece of music, as an album taken as a whole, is Bruce Springsteen's 'Greetings from Asbury Park.' I just think it's incredibly pure. It's a sound that sort of broke new ground, and I think it paved the way for a hundred people that sound very similar.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

Songs lay a foundation of who I am going to be forever.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole generations come along liking that stuff and that's great.

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

Rock n' roll means so much more to people; it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people; there's no half-feeling. When I first got into it, I was inspired by people who had come before me, and I found myself in the position of handing that on.

Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence and you change your life. And you want to change the life of others, too. That's why people are involved with art.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

I love actors, but I really love actresses, and I really love actresses whose work touched and informed my coming-up years.