I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that into folk music in terms of arrangements and stuff. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
I go by ‘Avi’ because it’s easier, but Avriel is my full name, and the Sequoias, that represents my home. So it’s the truest version of me, it’s where I came from. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
Obviously when you write songs you’ve got to record them, but just writing the songs is one of my favorite things to do. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
It’s really important for me that the people who listen to my music get something that can hopefully help them get through whatever they’re going through. Music is the only thing that’s able to help sooth my soul in that way, and my goal is to always put things out there that that do the same thing for other people. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
I knew I wanted to do music, but leaving such a successful career one would think I’d kind of shot myself in the foot. I knew I made the right decision, and at the end of the day it’s up to me to get where I want to go, but it’s a lot to take on. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
I think it would be awesome for us to do collaborations and to try to gel with the mainstream. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
Signing with Fantasy is an absolute dream come true. It’s such a blessing to work with a label that truly cares about the soul of the music and to be on the same roster as artists that I’ve looked up to for as long as I can remember. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
If you’re going to start a group, make sure the people you’re starting it with are in sync. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
I don’t really think there’s a genre that we couldn’t do, but it wouldn’t sound like that genre, if that makes sense. I think we could take any song, but it would sound like us. If you’re doing a country song, it could maybe sound a little bit country, but it’s going to sound like Pentatonix. Avi Kaplan Read Quote
