"Songwriting is not particularly easy for me. I think it would be easy for me if I didn't have such high restrictions and feelings about what I want my music to be. I'm not precious at all when it comes to producing music and I can bring that to an artist and let them expand their horizons."

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Source : "John Congleton: Meet Indie Rock's Unsung Hero Of 2011". Interview with Mike Katzif, www.npr.org. December 23, 2011.

John Congleton

#Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you.”
“The other side of midnightâ€™s hour strikes a herald thrice rung Seer, Shadow, Sunâ€”together they come Sixteen winters henceâ€”the light shall be eclipsed Leaving darkness to ascend beneath a sky bleeding fire”
“I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.”
“A good general chooses his battlefield.”
“Don't let a day go by without doing something... no matter how small.”
“I tour alone. There's no sound check, no back up. I stay with the hosts I am in a family home and it's really nourishing. I just have to remember after the show not to run out into the living room in my pyjamas. Every day, it's a new relationship being built. It's odd and wonderful.”
“I just want Christians to embrace the fact that music is made not just for the church, but it's also for the people that need to hear about the love of God.”

Source : "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.”

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