As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself. Jon Foreman More Quotes by Jon Foreman More Quotes From Jon Foreman It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me. Jon Foreman call-megood-thingsparent The unasked questions are the most dangerous to answer. Jon Foreman dangerousanswers For me, the good songs are the ones that come really naturally. There are certain songs that you rework and rewrite and the craft becomes very evident, but a lot of times those aren't my favorite songs. The favorite songs are the ones that I can't even hear my own voice in. Jon Foreman craftsvoicesong My faith, I mean, that's such a personal aspect that a lot of times, of course it's going to come out through the song. But at the same time, I'm not a religious salesman. I feel like God doesn't really need a salesman, and what these songs are are simply my interactions with this life and learning. I guess the bottom line is the songs are really honest, you know what I mean. That faith is going to come through. If the listener is looking for it, that's definitely a part of it. Jon Foreman religioussongmean Music has always been a location for me to run to, whether it's through someone else's song or my own. I can observe my own planet from this foreign land and things make sense within the telescopic lens of song. Jon Foreman landrunningsong I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed to go to places it wouldn't otherwise go. Jon Foreman airplanemeditationwriting You wake up, you wake up, another day, you wake up, you wake up, traffic still moving at the same speed, our eyes looking at the same speed, our minds thinking at the same speed, I wanna see movement, I wanna see change. I wanna wake up for real. I wanna wake up. I wanna wake up. We were meant to live. Jon Foreman eyerealmoving Jesus Christ's mercy and power indwells us and gives us the strength to make a positive difference. Jon Foreman differencesgivingjesus There is a deeper portion of our being that we rarely allow others to see. Call it a soul maybe, this is the place that holds the most value. All else can drift but this. When this dies our body has no meaning. Jon Foreman portionsbodysoul My best sunsets are always going to be in my home town, San Diego. Watching the sunset from the Pacific knowing that you're sleeping in your own bed, there's something special about that. Jon Foreman sunsethomesleep Inside all of us, we know the truth of life that there's something more than the next new cell phone or gadget or relationship and that our heart beats in time with the sunset. Jon Foreman sunsetphonesheart Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to live – a new way to be human. Jon Foreman drowningway-to-liveswimming Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life. Jon Foreman true-lifeour-worldorder The biggest problem facing our world today is a lack of hope and a lack of meaning. [It's] basically just a postmodern world in which there is no right or wrong, no better or worse. Jon Foreman our-worldproblemtoday I love the idea that you can create a world through song. Jon Foreman songworldideas I've got a variety of different sources of news that I follow and every day there's going to be different headlines, different stories spun different ways and different sources that they're going to cite as their facts. Jon Foreman newsdifferentstories I think that to believe is to acknowledge that it's a choice in that present tense and that doubt is always an option. You’re not dealing with a fact like one plus one equals two—I’m gonna choose to believe that. It’s kind of one of those things where you are choosing to believe that someone loves you. That is always going to be your choice. So for me, I think that’s what makes the faith that I have volatile and explosive and dangerous and troubling. That’s what most of my songs are about. Jon Foreman love-yousongbelieve I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that. Jon Foreman lyricaldebtdecision I think that's the beauty of live music - creating from the destruction. Jon Foreman creatingdestructionthinking Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling. Jon Foreman differentbrotherjudging
