When I was first writing, I was writing mostly about sporting events, which was really what my assignments were. I was working on the Tour de France bike race and the Barcelona Olympic Games, and those songs tend to be very big, very bombastic-type music, which is the type of music that I love to write.

John Tesh

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Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have.

faith jobs moving

I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should sha... by John Tesh

I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should shake that thing up.

etch-a-sketch should years

The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.

simple dream running

I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.

covering years son

If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.

risk writing thinking

After playing so many songs in churches for eight or nine years, I've learned what songs people react to. Then I just had fun with the arrangements. That's how this album came together.

eight song fun

A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they'r... by John Tesh

A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks.

risk praying people

I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.

piano jobs mean

To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our m... by John Tesh

To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

ministry records christmas

I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.

warrior hate thinking

A great moment of clarity when I realized I'm dying. There's no reason to wait to do the things we want to do.

dying waiting want

I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such... by John Tesh

I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France.

journey europe years

Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up ons... by John Tesh

Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage.

come-up four three

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

half said jobs

I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it.

entertainment tonight television

Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS tele... by John Tesh

Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That's highly unusual.

christmas air song

If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.

new-york education jobs

When you have a 13 year old child, you suddenly realize that you... by John Tesh

When you have a 13 year old child, you suddenly realize that you may need to pick a vocation.

children years needs

Really, at a time when theyre debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church.

church stuff needs

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song... by John Tesh

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

different song ideas