I think the most important thing to remember is that pain passes. And artistically, the pain is going to pass. It's what you want to express out of the pain as opposed to indulging in the agony-and-pain mantra of songwriting… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
What gets me pretty pissed off is the whole Monsanto engineered foods issue. — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm pretty freelance. A freelance meditator. I float from one thing to the other. — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
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 Image
