Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song. — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
Physical pain is problematic because it's very difficult to transcend that. Sometimes you're just in physical pain, and that's a bummer. Even then, there… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
Berlin would be a great place to have no cell phone, I think. Especially if you were able to live in a central location. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nostalgia for the present moment and the… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the road skipped… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I think Edward Sharpe's music is counter-cultural music in the strangest sense where you have a time now where love, optimism, hope and community… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
The goal is to be free and hopeful in the music. Because that's really the only intention you need. From there, every natural and… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
The album is a thing that you can hang out with between shows. I think that it's really nice to give people something they… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I'm pretty freelance. A freelance meditator. I float from one thing to the other. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
For the better part of my life, I was always trying to manufacture somehow what I would consider 'living.' Because I grew up sort… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good… — Alex Ebert Copy Share
When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain. — Alex Ebert Copy Share
