“Hip hop was definitely, far and away, the primary influence for at lea...” — Alex Ebert 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.”

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

“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.”

“We were never hip, which is fine with me. We aren't that interested in that whole situation. But all the times how we tried and failed to get across in our music, we actually succeeded on 'Superstar Car Wash.'”

“It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.”

“I'm still an outsider in the hip hop community. I don't even know if I'm making hip hop anymore.”