March 14, 2006
Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer on What's Right
“I think it’s important to stand up for what seems right in you own gut and what seems right in your own heart.”
-Death Cab for Cutie bassist Nick Harmer (Relevant, Jan./Feb. 2006)
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Exploring a Meaningful Life on Lost
"Both of us are searching for the answers to the bigger questions of how you lead a meaningful life, and we’ve chosen to use the show to explore those questions."
-Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse referring to Lost's other executive producer Damon Lindelof. (Entertainment Weekly, Dec 30, 2006)
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 9:59 AM
May 17, 2005
Relient K's Matt Thiessen on Satisfaction
"That's probably the most satisfying thing about doing what we do is just the feedback from actually being a positive influence on somebody. It seems bigger than just selling records."
-Matt Thiessen, frontman for Relient K who recently released Mmhmm. (AP, May 14, 2005)
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December 13, 2004
Bono Asks the Hard Questions
I write feelings, not thoughts. Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later... What came out of me [on How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb] was the other things in my life I wasnt tending to: My family, the hypocrisy of my own heart, and my fathers death. I mean, why am I not spending more time with my kids? Why am I trying to save other peoples kids instead? How can I sing about love when Im never home?
-U2 frontman Bono. (Source: Spin, December 2004)
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November 16, 2004
Bono on the Muse
"I used to stay out late and try to walk the muse home. Now I get up fresh-faced at 7 a.m. and take advantage of her while she's passing out."
-Bono, lead singer for U2, who release their 11th studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, on November 23. (Source: Time [via @U2], November 14, 2004)
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September 21, 2004
M. Night Shyamalan's Aspiration
"My biggest fear in life is to be average."
-M. Night Shyamalan, writer and director of Sixth Sense and Signs. (Source: The Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2004 quoting The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Switchfoot's Jon Foreman on "Dare You to Move"
"It's me talking to myself and I think a lot of times I feel stagnant and stuck in the same place. And 'Dare You to Move' is kind of a song for myself to get me up and get me moving and tackling a new part of life. ... Two friends of mine have quit their jobs because of that song. They're like, 'I quit my job the other week because I heard that song. Just decided it was time to move on.' So I guess that's good."
-Jon Foreman, lead singer of Switchfoot, talking about the band's latest single from their album Beautiful Letdown. Other Switchfoot albums include Learning to Breathe, New Way To Be Human, The Legend of Chin and The Early Years: 1997-2000, which collects their first three albums. The Live in San Diego DVD is also available. (Source: MTV.com, September 20, 2004)
Other Switchfoot Quotables:
Tim Foreman on Christian Music
Jon Foreman on the Music Biz
Jon Foreman: I'm Not a Religious Salesman
Jon Foreman Owes U2
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June 10, 2004
Shark Victim Bethany Hamilton on Courage
"Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you."
-14-year-old shark victim Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm to a tiger shark while surfing. Read her autobiography, Soul Surfer for the whole story. (Source: Guideposts for Teens, June/July 2004)
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March 29, 2004
Tom Welling Saves the Day
"I never really knew what I wanted to do with my life, but somehow I knew I wanted to be that guy who saves the day."
-Tom Welling, who plays Clark Kent (aka Superman) on the WB's Smallville. (Source: Guidepost for Teens, April/May 2004)
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December 10, 2003
P.O.D.'s Wuv on Positive Music
"There's a lot of power and energy in us. A lot of that power comes from our faith and our beliefs. We're really positive, and we want to share that with the world. As soon as you walk out the door you're hit with all this negative stuff. Why add to that pile? And the bands that we look up to -- whether it be Santana, the Police or Bob Marley -- when we listen to them, they uplift us and make us feel good. We wanted to have that effect on our fans because I don't want to get depressed and feel negative when I'm listening to music."
-Wuv, drummer for P.O.D. Recent P.O.D. albums include Payable on Death, Satellite, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, The Warriors EP, Brown and Snuff the Punk. The Still Payin' Dues DVD is also available. (Source: MTV.com, November 24, 2003)
Other P.O.D. Quotables:
Sonny Sandoval on Rock Bottom
Sonny Sandoval on Marcos Curiel
Sonny Sandoval on Success
Sonny Sandoval on Sharing Faith
Jason Truby on Shaping Lives
Traa Daniels on Being Inspiring
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September 25, 2003
P.O.D.'s Traa Daniels on Being Inspiring
"Our stuff is always gonna be inspiring. If P.O.D's having a bad day, we're not gonna come in and write sad songs. It's not how we are."
-P.O.D. bassist Traa Daniels talking about their upcoming album, Payable On Death. Other P.O.D. albums include Satellite, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, The Warriors EP, Brown and Snuff the Punk. The Still Payin' Dues DVD is also available. (Source: Teen People, October 2003)
Other P.O.D. Quotables:
Sonny Sandoval on Rock Bottom
Wuv on Positive Music
Sonny Sandoval on Marcos Curiel
Sonny Sandoval on Success
Sonny Sandoval on Sharing Faith
Jason Truby on Shaping Lives
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Hilary Duff on Real Role Models
"I want to encourage kids ... to look up to people who have changed the world. We've never changed the world. Look at astronauts or doctors or Nelson Mandela."
-Hilary Duff, who played Lizzie McGuire and recently released her first CD, Metamorphosis. (Source: Teen People, October 2003)
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Alexandra Govere and the Kijuana Project
"I feel good knowing I've made a difference in somebody's life."
-Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Govere who started the Kijuana Project to fight AIDS in her Zimbabwe village. (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003)
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Moby's Heroes
"My heroes in art, literature, music and politics made a virtue out of being different. That made my being different a lot easier to bear."
-Moby (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003)
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September 23, 2003
Zach Lind on the David Crowder Band
"David Crowder Band is at the top of that list because they are honest and real in their passion for worshiping God. Their music really encourages me to move over and let God come down."
-Jimmy Eat World drummer Zach Lind, who produced "How Great" from the David Crowder Band's latest album, Illuminate. (Source: CCM, September 2003)
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September 12, 2003
Trent Reznor on Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
"By the end I was really on the verge of tears. At the end of it, there was just dead silence. There was, like, this moist clearing of our throats and then, 'Uh, okay, let's get some coffee."
-Trent Reznor, describing his reaction to watching Johnny Cash's video of the song "Hurt," (or watch the 9 MB Quicktime version here) originally written and performed by Reznor's Nine Inch Nails. "Hurt" appeared on the America IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: Quoted in Spiritual Journeys: How Faith Has Influenced 12 Music Icons)
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Bono on Johnny Cash
"Locusts and honey ... not since John The Baptist has there been a voice like that crying in the wilderness. ... Every man knows he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash."
-Bono's tribute to Johnny Cash, who died today, in the liner notes of the 2002 release The Essential Johnny Cash. Cash collaborated with U2 in the song "The Wanderer" from 1993's Zooropa. (Source: CNN, February 26, 2002)
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Chris Cornell on Johnny Cash
"Johnny Cash is what a country like this needs, which is a soul. He is someone that is the soul of America and in this day and age we really need more people like him, though I don't think there's ever gonna be anybody like him."
-Soundgarden/Audioslave front man Chris Cornell. (Source: MTV.com, September 12, 2003)
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Bono on Johnny Cash
"Nothing is as macho as Johnny Cash's voice. A real threat you will not find in a 22-year-old. You just won't. You can dress him up in leather pants, you can have him throw his TV out the hotel window. He can roar in front of all manner of white noise, but there's no real threat when you're a teenager, when you're in your 20s or when you're [in your] 30s. The real sh-t, or what they say in New Orleans, the other kind of sh-t, comes from the perspective of being in the trenches and having been around a while. All the blues guys had it. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King. Johnny Cash has that and the voice of authority for me."
-Bono, describing one of the most recognizable voices in music, the late Johnny Cash. Cash collaborated with U2 in the song "The Wanderer" from 1993's Zooropa. (Source: MTV.com, September 12, 2003)
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Billy Graham on Johnny Cash
"I've never met a man who combined spiritual depth, musical ability, and international fame with such grace, charm, and humility as Johnny."
-Billy Graham, describing the late Johnny Cash who died today. (Source: Cash by Johnny Cash, 1997)
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September 8, 2003
Ian McKellen on Being a Kid
"For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. It's only kids who really know how to act. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically."
-Sixty-four-year-old Ian McKellen, who starred in The Two Towers and X2, giving advice to older actors. (Source: CNN, September 6, 2003)
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September 7, 2003
Tim Delaughter on His Church
"You see in asphalt roads sometimes, a patch of grass growing, and cars are driving over it daily. Yet the grash flourishes and does what it's gotta do. To me, that's kind of a good church lesson. I love interacting with this band and all the things it's bringing us -- this may be my church."
-Tim Delaughter, leader of the 20+ member band, The Polyphonic Spree. (Source: Spin, October 2003)
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 9:42 PM
August 29, 2003
Justin Timberlake on Johnny Cash
"This is a travesty! I demand a recount. My grandfather raised me on Johnny Cash, and I think he deserves this more than any of us in here tonight."
-Justin Timberlake at the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards, accepting an award for a video from his Justified album while giving tribute to Johnny Cash, who was nominated for six awards and claimed only one (Cash was hospitalized and couldn't attend). (Source: CNN, August 29, 2003)
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