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
Every three or four shows, we have somebody that will come up onstage and propose marriage. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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
People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
‘Entertainment Tonight’ would send me out to do interviews with musicians like Sting and Coldplay, and I was able to watch how they plan their shows. The late Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead always had a game plan, but he also was flexible if he had to change something at the last minute. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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
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. – John Tesh
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
I worry a lot about what people think. I worry people think I’m not helping them enough, that they don’t like my music, that I’m playing a song too fast or talking too fast. I worry my wife isn’t happy with our relationship… I’m afraid somebody’s going to take my career away from me. That it’s going to go away, or I’m going to get fired. – John Tesh
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
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
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
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. – John Tesh
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
A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they’re not willing to take true risks. – John Tesh
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
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they’re just really family-friendly. The second thing is the music is jazz music, so the music is complicated enough to hold your attention for 5 or 6 million plays. That makes the songs interesting. The last part is the fact that it’s danceable. – John Tesh
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. – John Tesh
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
