Alex Ebert Quotes
I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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My sister is raised to know her value and to know that she stands behind no man. You know, when she gets a husband, you stand side by side, equal partnership. You stand behind no one cause you have to lift each other up. You can't do that if you're 30 percent of the value in your relationship or the household.
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The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.
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Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
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I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.
