Author: Alex Ebert

Quotes

At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.

At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.

- Alex Ebert

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

- Alex Ebert

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.

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

In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.

In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.

- Alex Ebert

Berlin would be a great place to have no cell phone, I think. Especially if you were able to live in a central location.

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

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

- Alex Ebert

Hip hop was definitely, far and away, the primary influence for at least 10 years of my life. From about 7 or 8 on till about 15 or 16, that's all I listened to.

Hip hop was definitely, far and away, the primary influence for at least 10 years of my life. From about 7 or 8 on till about 15 or 16, that's all I listened to.

- Alex Ebert

There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.

There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.

- Alex Ebert

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