Jon Foreman

There’s nothing that you can sell me that can make me happy.

— Jon Foreman

I'm very reluctant to put my words into God's mouth.

— Jon Foreman

Nothing stays together without a fight.

— Jon Foreman

Sometimes the things that hurt are worth the pain.

— Jon Foreman

“Love alone is worth the fight”

— Jon Foreman

Music will always be judged by our subjective ears.

— Jon Foreman

We were meant to live for so much more,

— Jon Foreman

“Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is inspite of pain.”

— Jon Foreman

All music is worship. It just depends on what you’re worshipping.

— Jon Foreman

Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity.

— Jon Foreman

I've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place.

— Jon Foreman

That's what life is, a continual state of journey. You are a river passing downstream.

— Jon Foreman

If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.

— Jon Foreman

I'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs.

— Jon Foreman

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.

— Jon Foreman

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

— Jon Foreman

I've experienced more sunrises with my bandmates and friends out on the road than with my wife, because we're always up at…

— Jon Foreman

Inside all of us, we know the truth of life that there's something more than the next new cell phone or gadget…

— Jon Foreman

Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your…

— Jon Foreman

Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you…

— Jon Foreman

From the shore, the ocean is forever. It's a beautiful, dangerous place. Music is tied to the sea, born from the struggle,…

— Jon Foreman

The kingdom of heaven is comprised of the broken, the fatherless, the poor, the starving. Nothing that could create good ratings for…

— Jon Foreman

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want…

— Jon Foreman

The biggest problem facing our world today is a lack of hope and a lack of meaning. [It's] basically just a postmodern…

— Jon Foreman

My faith, I mean, that's such a personal aspect that a lot of times, of course it's going to come out through…

— Jon Foreman

I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we…

— Jon Foreman

It's really hard to fit a complex idea into a 3-minute pop song. And when you're dealing with issues that you're passionate…

— Jon Foreman

Calling has this weight that somehow we think that your calling is fixed. That your calling is this line that you’ve finally…

— Jon Foreman

What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of…

— Jon Foreman

I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very…

— Jon Foreman

For me, when I think about Christ, I think about this iconoclastic man who lived and died for the broken. And the…

— Jon Foreman

When I'm happy, when I'm enjoying life, I'm home, I'm surfing, I'm spending time with my wife, my friends and I'm not…

— Jon Foreman

“There’s a certain amount of humility that is attached to wonder, and a certain amount of pride attached to knowledge and I…

— Jon Foreman

I think that we’re a culture that runs away from death, for good reason. Nobody really wants to think about the fact…

— Jon Foreman

I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful…

— Jon Foreman

Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain.

— Jon Foreman

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

— Jon Foreman

I love the idea that you can create a world through song.

— Jon Foreman

“Without honesty, art is dead.”

— Jon Foreman

The unasked questions are the most dangerous to answer.

— Jon Foreman