everythingtonothing:
“I have a long list of stories that I would love to tell you about Kevin Devine. But to be honest, I’d probably have to end most of them with the inevitable, ‘I guess you had to be there,’ and maybe even if you were there they wouldn’t mean much to you. None of the stories have anything to do with music, which is why I’m supposed to be writing this. Most of them probably revolve around some inside joke or the kind of idiotic humor you cultivate late night after a late bite at the diner. the kind that you yourself have probably developed with your friends, but if you tried to explain to me, I would think was completely unfunny and meaningless, mostly though, none of it is worth telling because between the two of us, Kevin is the real storyteller, and if you want to hear it the right way you should hear it from him. I guess the only thing I can tell you about Kevin that will mean anything to you is this: the more I get to know him, the more I believe his music. I say ‘believe’ and not ‘love’ because I think loving Kevin’s music is easy. Heck, after hearing it, I probably listened to ‘ballgame’ at least 200 times in a row. Listen to Miracle of ‘86, listen to any of his records, you are going to find something to adore. But to believe it, how can you know? And does it, or should it matter? How much should a person’s character effect how we view what it is that person makes? I don’t know. I just know that Kevin is someone I love with my whole heart. The more I see him as a struggler, because he wants to be someone better than who he is, and treat the people around him better than he does, then the more I believe him when he puts on a guitar and sings a song. I believe that there is a lot of darkness in the world, but I don’t accept that there is only darkness, or that it will eventually win and I don’t think that Kevin does either.” - Jesse Lacey
(via fuckyeahkdev)