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My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got

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

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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

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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. – Ezra Koenig

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Its pretty cool that people will pay for something even though they dont have to. Its totally different now to back in the day. Now youre 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 theres some kind of connection. – Ezra Koenig

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