217 Quotes by Jon Foreman

For me, even if I’m not a fan of the band in general or maybe it’s not the style of music I want to put on for my daughter and me when we’re waking up in the morning, there’s always something that I can learn from it. And I think those are the things that are surprising.

Every day of your life, you change the world. Absolutely, yes, we’re out to change the world. I mean, you change it whether you like it or not. You wake up and you talk to the grocer. You either kick your dog or you pet him. There’s a million decisions you have every day where you change the world.

I’m always thinking about songs, I’m thinking of life maybe a little bit more lyrically than a computer programmer or someone like that.

Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough.

The song can be a little bit more of the mystery and leave the whole thing open ended. But there’s something really gratifying about saying exactly what you mean.

I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that’s it. So for better, for worse, that’s all I’ve got to offer is me. I’ve got nothing else.

When our world falls apart and we have no more faces to wear – that’s when it’s beautiful, and that’s when we change.

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.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we’re called to, that there’s no middle man.