I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up,… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I usually write from my own experience, and that's definitely a true statement for me. I think having a song about desiring… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Experience is all I have. I equate song-writing with archeology. Every day you dig. You dig into different places within yourself -… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself. — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I'm always looking to find order within the chaos. And sometimes when my life gets fairly chaotic, I'll take a walk outside. I think… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
If we spend our time obsessing with the future or regretting the past, then we will never live. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive. — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
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… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I've experienced more sunrises with my bandmates and friends out on the road than with my wife, because we're always up at these strange… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
You wake up, you wake up, another day, you wake up, you wake up, traffic still moving at the same speed, our eyes looking… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
