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Ezra Koenig [1984-0] American

Rank: 102
Musician

Ezra Michael Koenig is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Vampire Weekend.

Brainy, Cool, Dad, Education, Health

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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.		101
Making every record is a process full of tough times.		102
As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.		103
In Europe, I always have fun bike riding in Amsterdam.		104
I go to great pains to find the best yogurt and granola.		105
Anyways, trying to express yourself to the press is often like arguing with a hysterical person.		106
I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.		107
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.	Dad, Education	108
Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.		109
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.		110
I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before.	Health	111
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.		112
If kids and teenagers can get into a band, it's probably not because they think it's brainy.	Brainy	113
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.		114
My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.		115
I'm a huge fan of the Bay Area so I always love coming to San Francisco.		116
I don't like to generalize but I've had nothing but bad experiences with Mexican food in Europe.		117
Playing 'Tetris' for 15 minutes is like meditation.		118
I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.		119
Well, growing up in the '90s, my first true love was ska music.		120
I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.		121
All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.		122
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.	Cool	123
I like how Ralph Lauren creates a mystical world through his clothing.		124
Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life.		125
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.		126
I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.		201
Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe.		202
It's cool to have instruments lying around because they give you different ideas.		203
When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.		204
No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.		205
There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.		206
Sometimes you want to dress a certain way... that doesn't always reflect your pedigree.		207
I grew up listening to Jay-Z, and I think the first time I really became obsessed with learning and thinking about lyrics was when I started listening to rap; I was 11, 12, and started becoming aware of music beyond the familiar.		208

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