Avett Quotes

I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good in the world is art, and what doesn't is not. It's propaganda or something else. It's bad." ~ Scott Avett

You can't be like me But be happy that you can't I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old Tin Man. - THE AVETT BROTHERS, TIN MAN ~ Colleen Hoover

Anytime you start getting a real tangible relationship with something that's been blown up to a legendary status, you just realize that every part of it is just people getting ahead. ~ Seth Avett

You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the simplicity and the beauty of the songs Kurt Cobain wrote. ~ Seth Avett

Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey. ~ Scott Avett

Like recognized like. And while we had both been lost and floundering on our own, when we were together it felt like we were exactly where we were supposed to be. ~ Jay Crownover

I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. ~ John Oates

Someone like John Prine can write a song that tears into your soul, turn it over, and write a song that makes you laugh and feel light as a feather. With someone like him, you're getting a real picture of a person, a real expression. ~ Scott Avett

Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me And when I lose my direction, I'll look up to the sky And when the black cloak drags upon the ground I'll be ready to surrender, and remember Well we're all in this together If I live the life I'm given, I won't be scared to die. - THE AVETT BROTHERS, ONCE AND FUTURE CARPENTER ~ Colleen Hoover

Decide what to be and go be it. ~ Avett Brothers

I'm as nowhere as I can be, Could you add some somewhere to me? - THE AVETT BROTHERS, SALINA ~ Colleen Hoover

Whether it's about children or not, we have to move forward. ~ Scott Avett

In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity. ~ Scott Avett

I think everyone on the planet is a fan of a painting because everyone is a fan of visual stimulation, but I've had freedom in the world [of painting] because I've kept it to myself. ~ Scott Avett

That's it? That's all that happens after you topple from grace? We lose our rubies and rations?" Marshall smirked. "Woe is me. ~ Sophie Avett

Women of all looks, shapes, sizes, everything, if they recognize how beautiful they are-because they all are-then they carry it that way. And you can see that. Confidence is reflected in how they walk and how they dress and how they speak and how they carry themselves. It's just amazing. And that can turn anybody's head pretty quick, especially mine. ~ Scott Avett

One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience. ~ Scott Avett

I remember crying over you and I don't mean a couple of tears and I'm blue. I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon. ~ The Avett Brothers

Don't say it's over
'Cause that's the worst news I could hear I swear that I will
Do my best to be here just the way you like it
Even though it's hard to hide
Push my feelings all aside
I will rearrange my plans and change for you. (-The Avett Brothers) ~ Colleen Hoover

Well you hear this voice right now
Well that's pretty much all I am ~ Colleen Hoover

I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed. ~ Scott Avett

Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothers, "Swept Away") ~ Colleen Hoover

So if you could find it in your heart To give a man a second start I promise things won't end the same. - THE AVETT BROTHERS ~ Colleen Hoover

In the world of music, the audience is not just fans of music; they're fans of many things. ~ Scott Avett

We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going. ~ Scott Avett

It won't take long for me To tell you who I am. Well you hear this voice right now Well that's pretty much all I am. - THE AVETT BROTHERS, GIMMEAKISS ~ Colleen Hoover

You really get tired in one area of your life, and then you start questioning your whole existence. ~ Seth Avett

I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was playing it and singing the song to me. I woke up-it's a borrowed melody no doubt-and wrote it down. If I hear a song and I choose not to put it down, that's me neglecting to accept that song. I think there's a very spiritual and godly-type ting that happens, and it happens to way more people than we know. It's just that very few of us choose to engage it. ~ Scott Avett

If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an obvious tragedy being talked about. ~ Scott Avett