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Music will always be judged by our subjective ears.

Jon Foreman

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Jon Foreman
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: October 22
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
San Bernardino County
California
Jonathan Mark Foreman
Subjective
Judged
Ears
Music
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Sometimes it can be really hard in our fast paced society to slow ourselves down enough to begin to listen to God's voice. The dilemma exists in my position as well. To be a follower of Christ is to emulate Him. When He went off alone into the desert to pray, He was teaching a valuable lesson.
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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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If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.
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Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.
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Life tears at us and scars us as children so we adopt facades and masks to hide this part of us, to keep this sacred part of ourselves from the pain.
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Well, the funny thing is, you are never the same person that you were the day before.
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The easiest thing to do is throw a rock. It's a lot harder to create a stained glass window. I used to get upset at the people who threw rocks but now I'd rather spend my time building the stained glass windows.
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Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough
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There are certain songs that I like to listen to at certain times of the day. For example, first thing in the morning I love listening to Flamenco Sketches off of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.
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I love the idea that you can create a world through song.
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I am often tempted to think of success in terms that are defined by others: records sold, popularity gained, album reviews, etc. These are impossible demands, however, and they can never be satisfied. Letting finite others define our worth is a horrible way to live. Only the Infinite Other [God] has the authority to do this.
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Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.
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Anything worth doing in this world is incredibly difficult to do.
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My dying planet needs to see what the body of Christ looks like.
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I look for places where there's no one out on the water. I'd rather surf a wave to myself than fight a crowd.
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You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth.
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Maybe truth is not something that I can possess. Maybe truth is something which possesses me.
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Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.
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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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