“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.” Quote by Jon Foreman
“Music has always been a location for me to run to, whether it's through someone else's song or my own. I can observe my own planet from this foreign land and things make sense within the telescopic lens of song.” I CanRunningSongMy OwnLandPlanetsMake SenseLocationLensesForeign Lands Author:Jon Foreman
“I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.” IfsDoneCommonPleaseConsensusPlease MeBulletproof Author:Ricky Gervais
“To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it.” IfsCriticsWaveComplainingBeachSailor Author:Ricky Gervais
“I think surfing and music are both places of release and self expression where there are no rules, and you can find a different form of freedom that you can't anywhere else.” ThinkingDifferentSelfFormExpressionReleaseSurfingSelf Expression Author:Jon Foreman
“There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives it away that they don't like you as a person. I quite like that as well, because it means that I've won.” GivingWellsMeanPersonsArtistLike YouCriticsGood And Bad Author:Ricky Gervais
“For me, even if I'm not a fan of the band in general or maybe it's not the style of music I want to put on for my daughter and me when we're waking up in the morning, there's always something that I can learn from it. And I think those are the things that are surprising.” IfsThinkingWantI CanMorningFansStyleBandDaughterWake UpMy DaughterWakingSurprisingWaking Up In The Morning Author:Jon Foreman
“As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.” ThinkingWritingFirstsSong Author:Jon Foreman
“When you think of things like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, they are beating film on a regular basis. Most films are terrible. It's only the 2% that are good. There's things you can do on TV which you can't do on film. There is something about those episodic, serialisations that are grand and operatic.” ThinkingFilmCan DoTvsTerribleBasesDamageWireSopranos Author:Ricky Gervais
“If you pay attention to good critics, you have to listen to the bad. So you have to ignore them all really. You can't just cherry pick the glowing ones.” IfsPayAttentionPicksCriticsPay AttentionGlowingCherries Author:Ricky Gervais
“There is a deeper portion of our being that we rarely allow others to see. Call it a soul maybe, this is the place that holds the most value. All else can drift but this. When this dies our body has no meaning.” SoulBodyValuesDiesDeeperPortions Author:Jon Foreman