Alex Ebert Quotes, born Alexander Michael Tahquitz Ebert on May 12, 1978, in Los Angeles, California, is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and frontman of the bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Known for his eclectic musical style blending folk, rock, and hip-hop influences, Ebert won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for All Is Lost (2013). His introspective lyrics and bohemian ethos have made him a distinctive voice in modern music. These 15 quotes—sourced from interviews, songs, posts on X, and public statements—reflect his thoughts on creativity, identity, love, and living authentically, capturing his poetic and rebellious spirit.
15 Alex Ebert Quotes
- “Home is wherever I’m with you. Home is where I’m alone with you.” (Song, “Home,” Up from Below, 2009)
- “Politics, poverty, riches, etc – these are but backdrops for the grand cinema, the opera: the glory of your life. Sure, change the backdrops, make them better, but it is this inside-ness that matters most. Nothing else, at the last breath, matters, but your very own poetry. The glory of living.” (Goodreads, n.d.)
- “To be lost is as legitimate a part of your process as being found.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The cheapest easiest greatest thing in the world to do is Love Yourself, I think. But it’s fucking almost impossible to remember to do… and so remembering is the first and maybe only step in mastery of self love.” (Post on X, @alexanderebert, 2018-07-03)
- “I think Edward Sharpe’s music is counter-cultural music in the strangest sense where love, optimism, hope and community are uncool and not part of the mainstream culture.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “When you’re in pain, you’re genuinely very, very alive, and that’s beautiful. Especially emotional pain.” (QuoteSayings.net, n.d.)
- “Even the most deft pen is a clumsy tool.” (AZQuotes, n.d.)
- “It’s not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don’t capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.’” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “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.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I expected a lot of myself, so when I got caught up very heavily in drugs and wasted a lot of my time it was a big bummer for me.” (Interview, The Talks, 2013-08-14)
Alex Ebert’s quotes are a soulful tapestry of introspection, rebellion, and raw emotion, urging listeners to embrace their inner poetry, find authenticity, and live vibrantly against life’s fleeting backdrop. Which quote stirs your heart or sparks your creativity? Share it below and keep Ebert’s musical legacy resonating!
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