John Tesh Quotes

• To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry.

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• Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That’s highly unusual.

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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.

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• The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday.

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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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• 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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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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• 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.

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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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• 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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• I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France.

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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.

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• I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It’s useful music.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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John Tesh (19)

Birth:	9th July, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Composer, Journalist, Newsreader, Pianist, Radio Presenter, Sportscaster, Television Presenter

About

John Frank Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, USA. He is an American pianist, composer, radio host, news anchor, sportscaster, journalist and television presenter. He studied communications and music at North Carolina State University. His ten-year-old Intelligence for Your Life radio show airs on nearly 300 stations, and is syndicated by Teshmedia in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. In addition, since 2014, he has hosted Intelligence for Your Life TV with his wife Connie Sellecca. He has won six Emmys, has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. He has sold over eight million records. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock" regarded as one of the most memorable sports themes of all time. He is also known as the co-host of the television program Entertainment Tonight. He has previously worked as a sportscaster and host for the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Tour De France, and Ironman Triathlon.

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