Latest Jack Johnson Quotes from Interviews

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• We're all related. We're all a family.

  Jack Johnson

  Related

  "Jack Johnson Interview. Nature, Biofuels, Sustainable Food, New Album, Love, etc". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Love is when you find that thing, when you want to give more than you want to take.

  Jack Johnson

  Love Is, Giving, Want

  "Jack Johnson Interview. Nature, Biofuels, Sustainable Food, New Album, Love, etc". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• We get to go out into the schools and work with the kids on connecting them to their food at a young age, to actually see where their food is coming from, to see that their food is coming from the earth and not just from a supermarket. Once they make that connection, they can start to build upon that.

  Jack Johnson

  School, Kids, Age

  "Jack Johnson Interview | Nature, Biofuels, Sustainable Food, New Album, Love, etc". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Supporting local food production is so much healthier for people. It's better for the local economy, and it's a lot of fun.

  Jack Johnson

  Fun, People, Economy

  "Jack Johnson Interview | Nature, Biofuels, Sustainable Food, New Album, Love, etc". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• The music brings me confidence and freedom. It's also the thing that can make me feel the most vulnerable. Once I finish writing all the songs for an album, once I actually record them, that whole process is usually easy and enjoyable. The part where I feel the most vulnerable is when it's all finished, I can make no more changes, I've turned it in, and there's no going back. All of a sudden I hear the songs in a different way; that's when I feel vulnerable.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Writing, Different

  "Jack Johnson Interview | Nature, Biofuels, Sustainable Food, New Album, Love, etc". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Some fighter’s waist a lot of their energy. Wait for your opportunity and when it comes, avail yourself of it. The idea of boring in and throwing punches helter skelter without reason doesn’t amount to a row of pins. Every time you miss a swing it is worse than being hit.

  Jack Johnson

  Opportunity, Swings, Ideas

  "Interview with The Legends of Boxing Part 1". Interview with Monte D. Cox, coxscorner.tripod.com.

• When I'm playing music I'm usually not thinking of surfing, just because I'm usually thinking about the chords and the lyrics, and sometimes that messes me up 'cause you'll start thinking, "Wait, how am I doing this?" But when I'm surfing, I'm usually thinking about music - whether it's an idea for a new song, or just singing a song in my head.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: jackjohnsonweb.yaia.com

• The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats to injure me, the shots at my character-fighting those were my toughest battle.

  Jack Johnson

  Character, Fighting, Battle

  "Interview with The Legends of Boxing Part 1". Interview with Monte D. Cox, coxscorner.tripod.com.

• Careful living and correct training methods aided me a great deal, but I would say straight punching was the foundation of all my success.

  Jack Johnson

  Training, Foundation, Punching

  Source: www.boxingforum24.com

• I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never want to sing without a guitar in my hand. I consider myself more of a songwriter, rather than a singer. I could never be in a wedding band and just sing Marvin Gaye songs.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Guitar, Hands

  Source: jackjohnsonweb.yaia.com

• What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems, more or less. A lot of people deal with the same thing. A lot of times people think problems are specific to them and they if they hear a song about a problem common to them, they feel good because they know that someone else has gone through it.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Feel Better, Thinking

  Source: jackjohnsonweb.yaia.com

• Guys who do a lot of running and jumping around cannot get themselves set to throw a hard punch.

  Jack Johnson

  Running, Jumping, Guy

  Source: www.boxingforum24.com

• Schedules are impossible to me. I am excited to be on tour, but there are instances when I wish that I wasn't managed. The shows are fun, but six hour drives burn me out.

  Jack Johnson

  Fun, Wish, Schedules

  Source: jackjohnsonweb.yaia.com

• Most importantly fighters in my day knew the most important art in boxing - feinting.

  Jack Johnson

  Art, Boxing, Important

  Source: www.boxingforum24.com

• Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few words will lock themselves into place. I might just get the first line. Then words just keep falling into the syllables. The choruses kind of write themselves and verses I have to work at a little bit.

  Jack Johnson

  Couple, Fall, Writing

• When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.

  Jack Johnson

  Issues, Focus, Environmental

• The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to gather people and then have information there. I think that's important to find that balance, a way to be able to turn people on to things at the shows, but also just have it be an entertainment experience for people who just want to hear music and dance and don't want the extra stuff.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Thinking, People

• Sometimes, the simple messages are the best thing music can do, really. Sometimes, songs can stir people up, motivate them to make change.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Simple, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• To be part of a community feels really good - to be among people who have similar feelings and want to share thoughts. It's a nice feeling.

  Jack Johnson

  Nice, People, Community

• Some music, it's meant just to make you dance and be able to celebrate and get away from all that kind of thinking. And so, I think it is important if you think your music can do that - to keep doin' it.

  Jack Johnson

  Thinking, Important, Able

• I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday, and sometimes I just have to be away from it. And that ends up writing the songs for me a little bit.

  Jack Johnson

  Song, Reading, Writing

• I think that if everybody changed and tried to make their music political, it'd be kind of a bummer.

  Jack Johnson

  Thinking, Political, Be Kind

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I think there's a really great amount of potential for Hawaii to become an example of what's possible with renewable energy because there are so many renewable resources here: energy, solar energy, and wind energy. There's so much potential here.

  Jack Johnson

  Thinking, Wind, Energy

• I finish a lot of lyrics while I'm in the water and it's always pretty constructive for me to get out in the water. I'm not actually writing the words down, but I have time to think about words, and doing a lot of surfing usually gives me a little space and peace of mind to finish things up.

  Jack Johnson

  Writing, Thinking, Space

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• It might sound silly to some people, but if anybody wants to spend time to go out and glide on waves, it just feels like they have an appreciation for the joy of life and must be an okay person.

  Jack Johnson

  Appreciation, Silly, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com