Scott Avett Quotes

#1. To me, humor is part of a conversation with an audience.

Scott Avett

#2. In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity.

Scott Avett

#3. Being a ghost is like being invisible, so being invisible must be like being a ghost. Like being inside the shadow, always blundering towards people with your hands out, angry that can't see to comfort you.

Gemma Files

#4. It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead of this rambling march of verses, Rick understands that music needs hooks. You need that repeated chorus, that everyone can sing along to.

Scott Avett

#5. Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

Nido R. Qubein

#6. With my kids I have to get involved in the Scooby Doo games and the basic kid games that go on. I find myself getting on it more and more just because of my kids.

Jeremy Roenick

#7. 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

#8. 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

#9. In the world of music, the audience is not just fans of music; they're fans of many things.

Scott Avett

#10. She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

Charles Frazier

#11. 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

#12. She was thin like Kylie, but she had a manic energy like Shane, so it was probably drugs.
That's just the means though, the end result is the same. She was one of us. Her, Shane, Marty, Roger, Kylie, me.
People being eaten alive from the inside out.

Kirsty Eagar

#13. May the memory of the pain leave your mind instantly, and the memory of the person fill your heart forever

When anger dies, forgiveness is born

Love is like water - you can drown instantly, or swim in it forever

Karlene Logan

#14. I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed.

Scott Avett

#15. 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

#16. One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won't improve with age.

Warren Buffett

#17. It's not the darkness that's terrifying, it's what you might find in it.

J.M. Darhower

#18. In the music world, when we're making work, we are obligated to no longer be completely free from what we are to someone else - sort of like an athlete, where you become a role model to someone.

Scott Avett

#19. Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey.

Scott Avett

#20. Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat."
I grinned. "I've noticed."
Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. "It's an equestrian term."
"Really? I thought you were talking about his ass.

Cate Tiernan

#21. A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.

Scott Avett

#22. One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house.

Jean Genet

#23. One of the things that I love about painting is that I never consider myself to have an audience.

Scott Avett

#24. TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly with that message.

Jill McDonald

#25. When it comes to performing and entertaining, the art removes itself from the writing.

Scott Avett

#26. We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going.

Scott Avett

#27. Whether it's about children or not, we have to move forward.

Scott Avett

#28. I realized that my identity as a novelist was private. Only I knew how much of a novelist I was!

Alexander Chee