Ezra Koenig Quotes - Page 2

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• 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.

  Ezra Koenig

  Song, Thinking, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.

  Ezra Koenig

  Rap, Thinking, Opposites

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm down with Spotify. I don't know all the financial details but generally it's a great resource.

  Ezra Koenig

  Details, Financial, Resources

  "Vampire Weekend Talk 'Girls' and New Album in Lively Reddit Session". Interview with RJ Cubarrubia, www.rollingstone.com. May 15, 2013.

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

  Ezra Koenig

  Lying, Ideas, Giving

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One of the things I've always loved about anime is that, even though it comes from Japan, it's so international - so much of the big anime I love takes place in Italy or France or New York.

  Ezra Koenig

  Anime

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy.

  Ezra Koenig

  Teenager, Kids, Thinking

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• There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.

  Ezra Koenig

  Class, People, Stereotype

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.

  Ezra Koenig

  Trying, Arguing, Hysterical

  Twitter post from Jan 29, 2010

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• Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess.

  Ezra Koenig

  Growing Up, Rap, Successful

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ezra Koenig

  Credit, Enough, Surreal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.

  Ezra Koenig

  San Francisco, Fans, Bay Area

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Ezra Koenig

  Band, Paid

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam.

  Ezra Koenig

  Fun, Europe, Riding

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Making every record is a process full of tough times.

  Ezra Koenig

  Tough Times, Records, Tough

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Ezra Koenig

  Song, Velvet, Manhattan

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ezra Koenig

  Dad, Years, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Believe, People, Connections

  "Vampire Weekend: An ivy league hero is something to be". Interview with Gareth Grundy, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2010.

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