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 Read Quote
I’ve always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn’t end up playing the music. Alex Ebert Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered. Alex Ebert Read Quote
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 Read Quote
