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Switchfoot: An Interview with Jon Foreman

November 16, 2009


Jon Foreman

Our friends over at Trap Door Sun recently interviewd Jon Foreman, front man of the popular pop band Switchfoot.

Here's a little snippy-snip:

TDS: Do you feel obligated to leverage your celebrity to "do good" within the greater culture? Should celebrities be held to a higher standard?
 
FOREMAN: Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity. All are called to goodness; much is required of all of us. Every day you're alive you change the world. Our culture is disproportionally drawn to the stage and screen like a moth to the flame. We see the flicker of the spotlight and assume that worth and value are held within it's glow. The truth is what happens behind closed doors when no one's watching. Who are you when the lights are out? This is your legacy. The things that are done in secret, whispered in dark alleys—shout em from the rooftops.

Catch the full interview here - including two Switchfoot music videos!