Jon Foreman
Jon Foreman
Jonathan Mark Foremanis the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim Foreman on bass guitar...
make-me-happy sells
There’s nothing that you can sell me that can make me happy.
believe thinking opposites
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in that to believe something you have to actively doubt the opposite. And from my perspective, that's the deep end. You're dealing with the unknown; you're dealing with mystery.
couple struggle hey
If you can have a couple of tight friends that you can tell things to, that you can say, 'Hey, this is what I'm struggling with,' and then pray and talk about it, then that's an incredible thing.
heart body alive
Your faith is what you do daily, you can't separate your heart from your body and keep them both alive, they're almost the same thing.
swimming way-to-live drowning
Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to live – a new way to be human.
enough let-me knows
Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough
joy culture thieves
If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.
funny-things wells persons
Well, the funny thing is, you are never the same person that you were the day before.
kings two differences
Information has become king, whereas wisdom should be king and there is a big difference between the two.
song talking ideas
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 about, usually they have various levels. And within a poem, you can get around the issue of space, and in a song the same way, by simply leaving holes and alluding to what you're talking about.
mean opposites feet
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.
our-world today problem
The biggest problem facing our world today is a lack of hope and a lack of meaning. [It's] basically just a postmodern world in which there is no right or wrong, no better or worse.
shining sunrise tears
There are tears that shine like a smile, sobbing like a sunrise for the truth.
heart sunset phones
Inside all of us, we know the truth of life that there's something more than the next new cell phone or gadget or relationship and that our heart beats in time with the sunset.