Jon Foreman
Jon Foreman
Jonathan Mark Foremanis the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim Foreman on bass guitar...
art fighting thinking
I used to think that great art happened without argument, and maybe that’s not the case. Maybe the things that are most important in this life, you have to fight for.
tabloids scream talk-is-cheap
Live rather than talk. Talk is cheap and the tabloids scream about it every day.
believe leaving singing
If you're leaving your family behind, you better believe in what you're singing.
thinking creating destruction
I think that's the beauty of live music - creating from the destruction.
spiritual distance mean
I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use it as a shield. I'm guilty of it too. I think spiritual words can do one or the other. Because when I hear people say, in a religion setting, 'Glory,' 'Praise the Lord,' 'Hallelujah,' but it doesn't mean anything, those are actually words that distance us from God, ironically enough.
brother judging calling
Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling.
song thinking inspired
I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.
make-me-happy sells
There’s nothing that you can sell me that can make me happy.
believe thinking opposites
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in that to believe something you have to actively doubt the opposite. And from my perspective, that's the deep end. You're dealing with the unknown; you're dealing with mystery.
couple struggle hey
If you can have a couple of tight friends that you can tell things to, that you can say, 'Hey, this is what I'm struggling with,' and then pray and talk about it, then that's an incredible thing.
heart body alive
Your faith is what you do daily, you can't separate your heart from your body and keep them both alive, they're almost the same thing.
swimming way-to-live drowning
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.
enough let-me knows
Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough
joy culture thieves
If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.