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Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.
Jon Foreman
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Jon Foreman
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: October 22
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
San Bernardino County
California
Jonathan Mark Foreman
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Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.
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What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of time on your phone, you're ascribing more worship to that. Anything can become, by that definition, some form of idol or deity or ultimate worth in your life.
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As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.
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It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.
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Nothing stays together without a fight.
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