Quotes by John Tesh - Page 1

We're big fans of the idea that faith without works is dead.
John Tesh / Pianist
Fans
Works
Dead
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I've always loved radio. Television scares me, because I'm older.
John Tesh / Pianist
Radio
Television
Loved
Older
Scares
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I can change a No. 1 diaper in 30 seconds and a No. 2 in a minute.
John Tesh / Pianist
Seconds
Diaper
Minute
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The only thing I have ever really cared to be known as is a musician.
John Tesh / Pianist
Musician
Cared
The Only Thing
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To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.
John Tesh / Pianist
Christmas
Smile
Ministry
Records
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I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should shake that thing up.
John Tesh / Pianist
Etch A Sketch
Should
Years
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I've sort of become the poster boy for quitting your job and following your dreams.
John Tesh / Pianist
Following
Quitting
Your Dreams
Dreams Your Your Dreams
Job
Boy
Dreams Your Dreams Your
Poster
Poster Boy
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I call it 'the Etch A Sketch life.' Every few years, you should shake that thing up.
John Tesh / Pianist
Shake
Sketch
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The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday.
John Tesh / Pianist
Opportunity
Advantage
Real
Sunday
Worship
Every Sunday
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The best thrill is standing on stage and playing - other than being married to my wife.
John Tesh / Pianist
Standing
Thrill
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I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France.
John Tesh / Pianist
Journey
Covering
Europe
Events
France
Six
Years
Spent
Tour
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Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage.
John Tesh / Pianist
Come Up
Four
Propose
Three
Onstage
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When you have a 13 year old child, you suddenly realize that you may need to pick a vocation.
John Tesh / Pianist
Children
Needs
Years
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Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That's highly unusual.
John Tesh / Pianist
Christmas
Smile
Air
Pbs
Song
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A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks.
John Tesh / Pianist
People
Praying
Risk
Willing
Pray
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I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.
John Tesh / Pianist
Different
Ideas
Song
Worship
Music World Song
Useful
Performance
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We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help.
John Tesh / Pianist
Church
One Thing
Sunday
Miss
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I'm almost a vegetarian. I have a very rigid exercise routine. I'm up at 6 A.M.; I take a lot of ginseng.
John Tesh / Pianist
Exercise
Routine
Rigid
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People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day.
John Tesh / Pianist
Broadcasters
Terrific
Day People Every Day
Bryant
Challenged
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My house was really like 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I sang in the choir and was very involved in the church.
John Tesh / Pianist
Choir
Church
Involved
Wonderful
Wonderful Life
Sang
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A great moment of clarity when I realized I'm dying. There's no reason to wait to do the things we want to do.
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Dying
Waiting
Want
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If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.
John Tesh / Pianist
Education
Jobs
New York
New York City
Reporter
Survive
To Survive
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I am always exhausted; I am always trying to find more time to be with my family, which is why they travel with me so much.
John Tesh / Pianist
Travel
Exhausted
Time Family Always
Time Family Travel
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It's impossible to be a good Christian. If you think it's easy to be a good Christian, then you're not really trying hard enough.
John Tesh / Pianist
Impossible
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There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams. I believe you should do something that you love.
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Fulfilled
Miserable
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I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it.
John Tesh / Pianist
Encouraging
Clean
Entertainment
Television
Tonight
Against
Useful
Beat
Show
Television Show
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I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff.
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Covering
Son
Years
Blew
Wild
Studio
Sam
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Most of the people interviewing me are far more square than me. I think it's the ET thing. I'm sitting there, my hair is combed, and I'm in a suit.
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Sitting
Me People Hair
Interviewing
Square
Suit
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My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it.
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Funk
Favorite
Early
Emerson
Grand
Hear
Jethro
Lake
Palmer
Railroad
Tull
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I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.
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Hate
Stuck
Thinking
Warrior
John
Lately
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Really, at a time when theyre debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church.
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Church
Needs
Stuff
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I always wanted to be a full-time musician. Every television job I had was a means to buy a grand piano, or to put in a recording studio, or something like that.
John Tesh / Pianist
Jobs
Mean
Musician
Piano
Recording Studio
Television
Buy
Full-Time
Grand
Studio
Recording
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Really, at a time when they're debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church.
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Church
Nativity
Scene
Debating
Outside
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There's probably a way to use that great content and to live under the radar now and then in order to reach a new audience. That's the thinking I'm talking about.
John Tesh / Pianist
Audience
Now And Then
Order
Radar
Talking
Content
Reach
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I was really raised by three women - my mom, and I have two older sisters, one nine years and one 11 years older - so I'm happy to have that many women in the house.
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Nine
Raised
Sisters
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I do a long sound check. I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano and then walk around with the microphone. Then I feel like I have done my homework.
John Tesh / Pianist
Homework
Noon
Sound
Long Day Feel
Behind
Show
Check
Walk
Microphone
Sit
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I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio.
John Tesh / Pianist
Death
Chemistry
Grew
Musician
Parent
Physics
Radio
Sure
Blew
Death Me Parents
Eventually
Got
Parents
Put
Starve
Wanting
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If you want to write the next great novel, but you think, No, this won't work because no one will buy it or it won't be any good, then you talk yourself out of taking a risk.
John Tesh / Pianist
Novel
Risk
Thinking
Writing
Work Good Great
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I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian following. I love writing kids' music.
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Christian
Christian Music
Collaborating
Following
Writing
Artists
Different Types
Love Music Like
Types
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Being in music forever, I have good pitch, so I know when I'm singing in or out of tune. But the key to really good singing is just relaxing and thinking about what the song is.
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Forever
Singing
Relaxing
Tune
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After playing so many songs in churches for eight or nine years, I've learned what songs people react to. Then I just had fun with the arrangements. That's how this album came together.
John Tesh / Pianist
Arrangements
Eight
Fun
Nine
Song
Album
Churches
React
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I used almost every penny I ever made to build recording studios in every city I lived in. I don't have much to show for all the TV money except a lot of musical gear and a lot of songs.
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Studios
Gear
Penny
Recording
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There is no better feeling in the universe, other than being married and having a family, than standing on stage behind a piano and having 5,000 people waving at you. You cannot bottle that.
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Married
Stage
Universe
Behind
Bottle
Waving
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Risk means everything from being honest about your faith, to moving, to quitting a job that's paying you a fortune but it's not what's in your heart. Risking things is one of the biggest fears we have.
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Jobs
Faith
Being Honest
Moving
Quitting
Risk
Fears
Paying
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I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.
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Jobs
Half
Said
Work Music Day
Contract
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Oprah was famous for going to a garden party and ad-libbing. She could literally interview people for a half hour about nothing, and it was entertaining. She had her own show before she had her own show.
John Tesh / Pianist
Famous
Entertaining
Garden
Half
Hour
Interview
Literally
Oprah
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None of those jobs were high-profile, but once I was on ET, people then began to associate me with that show. So, that is the thing that many people know me for. When in effect, that was the end of my television career.
John Tesh / Pianist
High Profile
Me People Know
Me People End
Associate
Began
Effect
None
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Christians, just like anybody else, want to have an impact on their lives. And if you can find music that helps you have an impact on your family, on your faith, on yourself, then that's the kind of music you want to listen to.
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Impact
Anybody Else
Christians
Helps
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I grew up with the Woodstock generation. I went to Woodstock, and like everybody in my school, I wanted to be in a rock-and-roll band, and most of us were. But I also grew up with a lot of piano lessons and a lot of classical music training.
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Band
Classical Music
Grew
Lessons
Training
Woodstock
Classical
Generation
Piano Lessons
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The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.
John Tesh / Pianist
Dream
Running
Business
Action
Carnegie
Carnegie Hall
Finish Line
Marathon
Simple
Across
Everyone
Own
Between
Full
Difference
Else
Everyone Else
Finish
Hall
Simple Thing
Line
Plan
Playing
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