Steve Brown Quotes

There really is something neurotic about Christians who spend most of their time trying desperately to please a God who is already very pleased. They don't have any freedom, and they sometimes take away the freedom of others.

I can think of hardly anything that will kill your joy and freedom more than wearing a mask geared to get others to accept you because you are acting like them.

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.

But either way you cannot deny the sales and what we did.

If you use the law to judge others, go ahead, but don't assume that your judgment mimics the judgement of God.

Always gotta keep busy or the voices start telling me to do wild things.

You ought to live your life with such freedom and joy that uptight Christians will doubt your salvation.

Perfectionism robs you of your freedom.

I also have a recording studio that I use to produce bands.

No it wasn't at the time cause you have to remember, I had been playing clubs since I was 13.

The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance ... and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and are in step and in line with the other soldiers. We know a dance would be more fun, but we believe we must go through hell to get to heaven, so we keep marching.

It's in the vein, somewhere in a cross between The Beatles, Cheap Trick, The Stones, Badfinger, you know, but it's not retro at all. But it is very pop.

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.

If you've been a Christian very long, you may be wondering why I left out the guilt, the condemnation, and the promises to get better and better in every way, every day. I left them out because they simply aren't in the Bible.

I think there is always room for a timeless sounding rock band like us.

We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did our manager and booking agent at the time, that we have really exhausted it, and we can't make money at this anymore.

It's not very smart to keep trying to do something you can't do and never will be able to do.

You are really and truly and completely free. There is no kicker. There is no if, and, or but. You are free. You can do it right or wrong. You can obey or disobey. You can run from Christ or run to Christ. You can choose to become a faithful Christian or an unfaithful Christian. You can cry, cuss, and spit, or laugh, sing, and dance. You can read a novel or the Bible. You can watch television or pray. You're free ... really free.

But we did the best we could and in the end some of us had to get day jobs and start fresh.

It's a bummer sometimes but I always believe that great bands and great music always prevail.

Just tasking a team to be creative won't get you to be innovative. It's having a corporate climate that gives people the space to experiment and take risks. Only then can you truly sustain it.

We really put together a great band, and have a great time.

God will not only love you if you don't get better; he will teach you that getting better isn't the issue. His love is the issue.