“My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscu...” — Ezra Furman Quote

“My bassist Jorgen Jorgensen opened up my life to a lot of great, obscure old soul records.”

“I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do as artists.”

“Far from being a showbiz gimmick, for me dressing as I please has signalled the end of a lifelong performance of straightforward masculinity.”

“Sting was a big role model for me, as a bassist and as a songwriter who also sings. I learned a lot from him, and also from Pino Palladino and Tears For Fears.”

“Peter Baltes was the best bassist I ever played with.”

“I've played Frankie Cosmos shows where the promoter or whoever sees that I'm the lead singer, and then they go up to David, the bassist, and are like, 'So, do we pay you?' And he's like, 'No, you pay her; she's the boss.' Those are moments where I'm just like, 'I'm clearly in charge.'”