Ezra Koenig Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.”

“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.”

“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.”

“My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad's union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege.”

“No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.”

“Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.”

“I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.”

“It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.”

“When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.”

“I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper.”