Avi Kaplan Quotes

When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.

Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.

You probably can overcome what you're going through from listening to my music.

Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.

I get tons of messages every day telling me, 'Your music has provided me with answers.'

People come up to me and tell me how they were in a dark place and our music helped them out. It's mind-blowing. It's not just 'Rock Lobster' or 'Love Shack' - there's much more there.

Music became a healer for me.

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years.

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

There's been times when I've been standing in a line at a movie and someone's hit me with something really heavy about someone really close and how our music has helped them get through it. Even in our darkest moments we try and find something beautiful.

I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

I have a fan who suffered with leukemia, and apparently, the only thing that helped him through that was my music, so of course that's the ultimate sense of achievement. It's an incredible feeling.

It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how a certain track or album helped them through tough times, or kept them sane.

Music is a wonderful way of healing and helping get through things.

I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.