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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ezra Koenig
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 8
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Teacher
New York City
New York
hael Koenig
School
Shirts
Live
Pretend
Even
Adult
Like
Ties
Adults
Continue
College
High
Shirt

More quotes by Ezra Koenig

Image
As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
Ezra Koenig
Image
I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.
Ezra Koenig
Image
Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.
Ezra Koenig
Image
Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.
Ezra Koenig
Image
It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny.
Ezra Koenig
Image
Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time.
Ezra Koenig
Image
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
Image
I feel like you constantly have to prove why you deserve to continue to exist.
Ezra Koenig
Image
For you to be able to take a picture of yourself that you feel good enough about to share with the world - I think that's a great thing.
Ezra Koenig
Image
If you're lonely, bored, or unhappy, remember you are mad young. There is so much time to meet new people and go to new places.
Ezra Koenig
Image
Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.
Ezra Koenig
Image
If kids and teenagers can get into a band, its probably not because they think its brainy.
Ezra Koenig
Image
It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.
Ezra Koenig
Image
A writer once asked what I'd say if I ever met my biggest hater. I paused, thought deeply and said, Probably 'suk a dog dik, motherfuker.'
Ezra Koenig
Image
I think that anybody who's anti-selfie is really just a hater. Because, truthfully, why shouldn't people take pictures of themselves? When I'm on Instagram and I see that somebody took a picture of themselves, I'm like, 'Thank you.' I don't need to see a picture of the sky, the trees, plants. There's only one you.
Ezra Koenig
Image
Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.
Ezra Koenig
Image
I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.
Ezra Koenig
Image
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.
Ezra Koenig
Image
I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.
Ezra Koenig
Image
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.
Ezra Koenig