--- title: "3 John Swihart Quotes - Famous Composer" description: "American composer... | John Swihart is an American musical composer for film and television. He is perhaps best known for his score to Napoleon Dynamite..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/john-swihart-85952_emotional_everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-t_426346.jpg" --- # John Swihart (1964) Composer **3** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Swihart is a composer. ## Quick Facts About John Swihart Born January 1, 1964 Profession Composer ## About John Swihart American composer... \| John Swihart is an American musical composer for film and television. He is perhaps best known for his score to Napoleon Dynamite, Youth in Revolt, Employee of the Month, and his music for the TV shows How I Met Your Mother, and Go On. ## Quotes by John Swihart > [Everytime I play something for someone there is an emotional thing that happens that guides me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-swihart/everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-there-is-an-emotional-thing/) John Swihart [Emotional](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotional/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/john-swihart-85952_emotional_everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-t_426346.jpg) > [One of the great things about being on a show for a long period of time is watching the show evolve. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-swihart/one-of-the-great-things-about-being-on-a-show-for-a-long-period-of/) John Swihart [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/john-swihart-85952_change_one-of-the-great-things-about-being-on-a_603651.jpg) > [I was always drawn to music. It consumed my thoughts and when I realized I could make people feel something through music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-swihart/i-was-always-drawn-to-music-it-consumed-my-thoughts-and-when-i/) John Swihart [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/john-swihart-85952_consumed_i-was-always-drawn-to-music-it-consumed_1265549.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-swihart/#itemlist", "name": "John Swihart Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everytime I play something for someone there is an emotional thing that happens that guides me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Swihart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-swihart/everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-there-is-an-emotional-thing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/john-swihart-85952_emotional_everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-t_426346.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/john-swihart-85952_emotional_everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-t_426346.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/john-swihart-85952_emotional_everytime-i-play-something-for-someone-t_426346.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everytime I play something for someone there is an emotional thing that happens that guides me.” — John Swihart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the great things about being on a show for a long period of time is watching the show evolve. 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