Quote

He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man.

Jack Johnson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jack Johnson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1878
Born: March 31
Died: 1946
Died: June 10
Athlete
Boxer
Galveston
Texas
John Johnson
John Arthur Johnson
Galveston Giant
Like
Alcohol
Drug
Courage
Gets
Makes
Feel
Feels
Men

More quotes by Jack Johnson

Image
The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats to injure me, the shots at my character-fighting those were my toughest battle.
Jack Johnson
Image
I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday, and sometimes I just have to be away from it. And that ends up writing the songs for me a little bit.
Jack Johnson
Image
I want to turn the whole thing upside down I'll find the things they say just can't be found I'll share the love I find with everyone We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's song I don't want this feeling to go away.
Jack Johnson
Image
You need aspiration if you want to really achieve greatness in this world.
Jack Johnson
Image
Getting lost is not a waste of time.
Jack Johnson
Image
When you move like a jellyfish rhyth don't mean nothing. You go with the flow, you don't stop. Move like a jellyfish, rhythm means nothing.You go with the flow you don't stop.
Jack Johnson
Image
Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart.
Jack Johnson
Image
When I do these interviews, I get really nervous. And when I get nervous, it comes off as mellow for some reason.
Jack Johnson
Image
Dreams are like commercials, but her dreams are picture perfect.
Jack Johnson
Image
If I had eyes in the back of my head, I would have told you you looked good as I walked away.
Jack Johnson
Image
My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.
Jack Johnson
Image
I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
Jack Johnson
Image
I finish a lot of lyrics while I'm in the water and it's always pretty constructive for me to get out in the water. I'm not actually writing the words down, but I have time to think about words, and doing a lot of surfing usually gives me a little space and peace of mind to finish things up.
Jack Johnson
Image
Go to the east shore of any of the Hawaiian Islands, and that's a pretty big lesson on how much plastic is ending up in the ocean. Basically, the Hawaiian Islands act as a filter out in the middle of the Pacific.
Jack Johnson
Image
Sometimes, the simple messages are the best thing music can do, really. Sometimes, songs can stir people up, motivate them to make change.
Jack Johnson
Image
She barely understands her dreams of belly button rings and other kind of things. Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange, it that the changes occur, and now she's just a part of the herd.
Jack Johnson
Image
But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine
Jack Johnson
Image
When I'm playing music I'm usually not thinking of surfing, just because I'm usually thinking about the chords and the lyrics, and sometimes that messes me up 'cause you'll start thinking, Wait, how am I doing this? But when I'm surfing, I'm usually thinking about music - whether it's an idea for a new song, or just singing a song in my head.
Jack Johnson
Image
love's just a waste of energy and life's just a waste of time so why don't we get together we could waste everything tonight
Jack Johnson
Image
I can go for a week without a guitar, but it's not even funny if I don't get to surf for a month.
Jack Johnson