Avett Brothers Quotes

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)

I got schooled this year. By everyone. By my little brother... by The Avett Brothers... by my mother, my best friend, my teacher, my father, and by a boy. a boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with... I got so schooled this year. By a nine-year-old. He taught me that it's okay to live life a little backwards. And how to laugh At what you would think is un-laughable. I got schooled this year By a Band! They taught me how to find that feeling of feeling again. They taught me how to decide what to be And go be it. I got schooled this year. By a cancer patient. She taught me so much. She's still teaching me so much. She taught me to question. To never regret. She taught me to push my boundaries, Because that's what they're there for. She told me to find a balance between head and heart And then she taught me how... I got schooled this year By a Foster Kid She taught me to respect the hand that I was dealt. And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand. She taught me that family Doesn't have to be blood. Sometimes your family are your friends. I got schooled this year By my teacher He taught me That the points are not the point, The point is poetry... I got schooled this year By my father. He taught me that hero's aren't always invincible And that the magic is within me.. I got schooled this year by a Boy. a boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, and undeniably in love with. And he taught me the most important thing of all... To put the emphasis On life.

I’m as nowhere as I can be, Could you add some somewhere to me? —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “SALINA

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

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

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

But I can tell by watching you That there’s no chance of pushing through The odds are so against us You know most young love, it ends like this. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “I WOULD BE SAD

And I know you need me in the next room over But I am stuck in here all paralyzed. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “TEN THOUSAND WORDS

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

In the car, Evvie cranked an Avett Brothers record she hadn’t listened to in almost two years. Technically, the song was about dying, but it sounded like hope: When I lay down my fears, my hopes and my doubts; the rings on my fingers and the keys to my house; with no hard feelings…

Decide what to be and go be it.

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” ACCORDING TO ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS, THERE ARE FIVE stages of grief a person passes through after the death of a loved one: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

Constantly worried about what I’ve got Distracted by work but I can’t make it stop and my confidence on and my confidence off And I sink to the bottom I rise to the top and I think to myself that I do this a lot World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes . . . —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “TALK ON INDOLENCE

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

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.

I know there's a dark but there's always a light. You've got to show up if you want to be seen.

Decide what to be and go be it.

Fui educada este año. Por todos. Por mi hermano pequeño... por The Avett Brothers... por mi madre, mi mejor amiga, mi maestro, mi padre, y por un chico. un chico del que estoy seriamente, profundamente, locamente, increíblemente e indudablemente enamorada... Fui muy educada este año. Por un niño de nueve años de edad. Él me enseñó que está bien vivir la vida un poco hacia atrás. Y cómo reír Ante lo que podría pensar Que no se puede reír. Fui educada este año ¡Por una banda! Me enseñaron cómo encontrar esa sensación de sentir otra vez. Me enseñaron cómo decidir qué ser Y serlo. Fui educada este año. Por una paciente de cáncer. Ella me enseñó mucho. Todavía me sigue enseñando mucho. Me enseñó a cuestionar. Para nunca lamentar. Me enseñó a empujar mis límites, porque para eso es por lo que están allí. Ella me dijo que tengo que encontrar un equilibrio entre la cabeza y el corazón. Y entonces, me enseñó cómo hacerlo... Fui educada este año Por una Niña de Acogida Ella me enseñó a respetar a la mano con la fui tratada. Y a ser agradecida de que incluso fui tratada con una mano. Me enseñó que la familia No tiene porque ser la sangre. A veces, tu familia son tus amigos. Fui educada este año Por mi maestro Él me enseñó que los puntos no son el punto, el punto es poesía... Fui educada este año Por mi padre. Él me enseñó que el héroe no siempre es invencible Y que la magia está dentro de mí.. Fui educada este año por un Chico. un chico del que estoy seriamente, profundamente, locamente, increíblemente e indudablemente enamorada.... Y me enseñó lo más importante de todas las cosas... A poner énfasis Sobre la vida

Will and Lake, Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Unfortunately, it's also one of the hardest things in the world to hold on to, and one of the easiest to throw away. Neither of you has a mother or a father to go to for relationship advice anymore. Neither of you has anyone to go to for a shoulder to cry on when things get touch, and they will get touch. Neither of you has someone to go to when you just want to share the funny, or the happy, or the heartache. You are both at a disadvantage when it comes to this aspect of love. You both only have each other, and because of this, you will have to work harder at building a strong foundation for your future together. You are not only each other's love; you are also one another's sole confidant. I hand wrote some things onto strips of paper and folded them into stars. It might be an inspirational quote, an inspiring lyric, or just some downright good parental advice. I don't want you to open one and read it until you truly feel you need it. If you have a bad day, if the two of you fight, or if you just need something to lift your spirits...that's what these are for. You can open one together; you can open one alone. I just want there to be something both of you can go to, if and when you ever need it. Will...thank you. Thank you for coming into our lives. So much of the pain and worry I've been feeling has been alleviated by the mere fact that I know my daughter is loved by you....You are a wonderful man, and you've been a wonderful friend to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for loving my daughter like you do. You respect her, you don't need to change for her, and you inspire her. You can never know how grateful I have been for you, and how much peace you have brought my soul. And Lake; this is me-nudging your shoulder, giving you my approval. You couldn't have picked anyone better to love if I would have hand-picked him myself. Also, thank you for being so determined to keep our family together. You were right about Kel needing to be with you. Thank you for helping me see that. And remember when things get touch for him, please teach him how to stop caring pumpkins... I love you both and with you a lifetime of happiness together. -Julia "And all around my memories, you dance..." ~The Avett Brothers

I am as nowhere as I can be Could you add some somewhere to me?

Daniel." He looked up. "El-la.I was wondering if you'd catch me." He offered me a cigarette. I gave him a shame-on-you look;he grinned. "This is your band?" I asked. Visible piercings aside, no one looked like that went by the name Ax. "Nope,but I go to school with the lead's sister. Regular guy got food poisoning at a Christmas party last night.I've played with them before." "Weddings?" It wasn't quite how I'd pictured him performing. "Usually clubs, but the last one was a bar mitzvah. Musicians have to eat, too," he added, a little sharply. "Sorry." I wanted to wave the smoke away, but figured that might be adding insult to inury. "I thought you played the guitar." "Guitar, piano, a little violin, but badly, and I'll have to garrote you ith one of the strings if you tell anyone." That's the thing about Daniel. Obviously-the violin being a case in point-I don't know him very well,but he seems to hold a grudge for even less time than Frankie. "Secret's safe with me." He shrugged, telling me he didn't really care. Then, "Nice dress." "Just when I start liking you a litte.." He made his vampire-boy face. I could see why it usually worked. "You like me,Ella. Wanna do something when this is over?" "Tempting," I said. "No, I mean that. But no,thanks. I'm not at my best these days." "You're good," he said quietly, blowing out a stream of smoke. "You'll be fine." "Yeah." I shivered. It was bitter outside. "I should go in." "You should." The cold didn't seem to be bothering him at all, and he wasn't even wearing a jacket over his white dress shirt. I turned to go. "Oh, I think I figured it out, by the way." "Figured out what?" "The question.The one everyone should ask before getting involved with someone. Not 'Will he-slash-she make me happy?' but 'Does it bring out the best in me,being with him?'" "Him-slash-her," Daniel corrected, clearly amused. Then, "Nope. No way. Wasn't me who posed the question to you, Marino.I would never be so Emo." "Of course not.But it was one smart boy." I waved. "Hug Frankie for me." "Will do. Hey.Any requests for the band?" "'Don't Stop Believin'," I shot back. He rolled his eyes. "I'm curious, in that last song-are the words really 'I cut my chest wide open'?" "Yup.Followed by, "They come and watch us bleed.Is it art like I was hoping now?" Avett Brothers. Too gruesome for you?" "You have no idea," I told him. How much I get it.

Well I've been locking myself up in my house for some time now Reading and writing and reading and thinking and searching for reasons and missing the seasons The Autumn, the Srping, the Summer, the snow The record will stop and the record will go Latches latched the windows down, the dog coming in and the dog coming out Up with caffeine and down with the shot Constantly worried about what I've got Distracted by work but I can't make it stop and my confidence on and my confidence off And I sink to the bottom I rise to the top and I think to myself that I do this a lot World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes...

Danny’s Song” by Kenny Loggins “Reminder” by Mumford & Sons “Barton Hollow” by The Civil Wars “Like a Bridge Over Troubled Waters” by Simon and Garfunkel “I and Love and You” by The Avett Brothers “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele “Can’t Break Her Fall” by Matt Kearney  “Stillborn” by Black Label Society “Come On Get Higher” by Matt Nathanson “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz “This Girl” by City & Colour “My Funny Valentine” by Ella Fitzgerald “Dream a Little Dream of Me” by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong “Stormy Blues” by Billie Holiday “I would be Sad” by The Avett Brothers “Hello, I’m Delaware” by City & Colour “99 Problems” by Hugo (originally written and performed by Jay-Z) “It’s Time” by Imagine Dragons “Let It Be Me” by Ray LaMontagne “Rocketship” by Guster “Don’t Drink The Water” by Dave Matthews Band “Blackbird” by The Beatles

I keep tellin’ myself That it’ll be fine. You can’t make everybody happy All of the time. —THE AVETT BROTHERS,

for my eighteenth birthday: a pair of Avett Brothers concert tickets. I cried when she gave them to me, thinking

She puts her hands against the life she had. Living with ignorance, Blissful and sad. But nobody knows what lies behind The days before the day we die. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “DIE DIE DIE

wanna have friends that will let me be All alone when being alone is all that I need. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “THE PERFECT SPACE

A slight figure of speech I cut my chest wide open They come and watch us bleed Is it art like I was hoping now? —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “SLIGHT FIGURE OF SPEECH

Who cares about tomorrow? What more is tomorrow, Than another Day? —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “SWEPT AWAY

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

I keep tellin’ myself That it’ll be fine. You can’t make everybody happy All of the time. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “PARANOIA IN B-FLAT MAJOR

evil how it’s got me And every day is worse Than the one before. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “ILL WITH WANT

I am sick of wanting And it’s evil how it’s got me And every day is worse Than the one before. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “ILL WITH WANT

Your heart says not again What kind of mess have you got me in? But when the feeling’s there It can lift you up and take you anywhere. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “LIVING OF LOVE

With paranoia on my heels Will you love me still When we awake and you see that The sanity has gone from my eyes? —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “PARANOIA IN B-FLAT MAJOR

They worked together at the Starbucks on Grand, and—let’s see, what else could she tell him?—they were both about the biggest Avett Brothers fans in probably the whole state of Montana.

Avett Brothers and Johnny Irion. When I got discouraged, I often imagined Vince walking out of prison to Langhorne Slim’s “Be Set Free.

Close the laundry door Tiptoe across the floor Keep your clothes on I got all that I can take Teach me how to use The love that people say you made. —THE AVETT BROTHERS, “LAUNDRY ROOM

For every year of knowledge gained Is a negative year I've earned