Sometimes, I have to really monitor myself, but the only monitoring job I really do on myself on stage is, Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Ideally, I send it in a flow of truth. Alex Ebert More Quotes by Alex Ebert More Quotes From Alex Ebert In my heart, I'm always in my rail-hosen. Alex Ebert rail my-heart heart 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 that became such a hit in the '90s and still, all the way up to now. Alex Ebert agony pain thinking 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 powerful intention and feeling will, on its own, slide right out of you - out of your spirit. Alex Ebert hopeful powerful goal It's so rare that I'll read or even watch an interview. I don't want to, either. I don't want to see other people's comments. Alex Ebert want watches people 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 anxiety vulnerable suffering 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 place try building architecture I pay attention when the Academy Awards come around. I haven't watched them in a while, but I used to watch them religiously when I was a kid. Alex Ebert kid pay-attention awards attention 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 are uncool and not part of the mainstream culture. Alex Ebert music hope time love I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music. Alex Ebert musicians end always music I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you can hear people hanging out in the songs and doing a little shuffling. It creates a feeling of participation. Alex Ebert you library music people 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 phone great you cell-phone 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 my-life influence life years For the better part of my life, I was always trying to manufacture somehow what I would consider 'living.' Because I grew up sort of upper-middle class and I didn't relate so much to that as a life, and I wanted to really find 'living.' Alex Ebert my-life better trying life From about 5 years old on, I was very contemplative and started to become constantly filled with nostalgia for the present moment and the feeling that it's always fleeting. Alex Ebert feeling moment always nostalgia I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the road skipped around from classical to Western to new age to hyper-cinematic. Alex Ebert dad music age long Pro Tools was invented to quicken the recording process. Alex Ebert pro recording tools process Heath Ledger was supposed to put our album on what would have been a new record label. I still feel a little dead after losing him. Alex Ebert dead new feel losing 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 image live free best To be lost is as legitimate a part of your process as being found. Alex Ebert your being process lost It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage. Alex Ebert me long-time time long
