Avi Kaplan

We were the choir nerds.

— Avi Kaplan

I get on my porch with my guitar, look at my trees, and write a song.

— Avi Kaplan

I think it would be awesome for us to do collaborations and to try to gel with the mainstream.

— Avi Kaplan

I feel like we're always going to be the underdog, but we like that. It's a really cool thing and it inspires…

— Avi Kaplan

Folk music is very honest, it's very humble, it's very organic, and the voice is exactly that. And so I'm very excited…

— Avi Kaplan

I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that…

— Avi Kaplan

I always loved touring in Pentatonix; really the only reason it was tough was the pace and no breaks.

— Avi Kaplan

I mean four hours of rehearsal done, trying out for 'The Sing-Off,' and now winning is just a dream come true for…

— Avi Kaplan

I go by 'Avi' because it's easier, but Avriel is my full name, and the Sequoias, that represents my home. So it's…

— Avi Kaplan

I know for me, music was the best drug for anxiety. So that's why I wanted to write the music that I…

— Avi Kaplan

I knew I wanted to do music, but leaving such a successful career one would think I'd kind of shot myself in…

— Avi Kaplan

It's extremely important, a cappella groups get so easily pigeonholed into essentially just being a cover band, and we want to be…

— Avi Kaplan

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.…

— Avi Kaplan

Our body is our instrument so it's really important for us to treat it right.

— Avi Kaplan

We know how to convey exactly what we want to convey. We know how it makes us feel and we know exactly…

— Avi Kaplan

Obviously when you write songs you've got to record them, but just writing the songs is one of my favorite things to…

— Avi Kaplan

If you're going to start a group, make sure the people you're starting it with are in sync.

— Avi Kaplan

Being in Pentatonix, we basically toured year round, so it was tough to just get a break.

— Avi Kaplan

We didn't want to just be a cover group, we wanted to do our music, to be a band. Once we were…

— Avi Kaplan

We really can't go out and party every night like a lot of bands do - we have to keep our voices…

— Avi Kaplan

For all the different videos that we got to dress up in, I love fantasy stuff, so for 'Radioactive,' I felt like…

— Avi Kaplan

I feel like people have been so used to listening to choirs during Christmas, so they love voices when it comes to…

— Avi Kaplan

Signing with Fantasy is an absolute dream come true. It's such a blessing to work with a label that truly cares about…

— Avi Kaplan

That's really always been the music that I've been in love with, always the music that I've written growing up. Even through…

— Avi Kaplan

It's really important for me that the people who listen to my music get something that can hopefully help them get through…

— Avi Kaplan