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...
acting horrible ability
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.
good-enough if-you-truly-love-someone ifs
If you truly love someone, you're going to be pure because true love comes from God, and God tells us to remain pure. That's good enough for me.
sunshine shadow prove
The shadow proves the sunshine.
stars want today
The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.
journey rivers life-is
That's what life is, a continual state of journey. You are a river passing downstream.
debt love-one-another outstanding
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.
christ music-is
Music is what I do; Christ is why I do it.
world anything-worth-doing this-world
Anything worth doing in this world is incredibly difficult to do.
pain thinking guitar
I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very much the enemy. And I don't think that's true. Tension is a good thing. To be pulled tight: that's the only way you can make a proper noise on the guitar or violin.
silent reason
There’s a time to be silent - to build up a reason to sing again.
truth-is i-can
Maybe truth is not something that I can possess. Maybe truth is something which possesses me.
decision debt obedience
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.
nbc broken heaven
The kingdom of heaven is comprised of the broken, the fatherless, the poor, the starving. Nothing that could create good ratings for NBC.
heart break break-your-heart
If it doesn't break your heart it isn't love