Larry Norman Quotes

• I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion.

  Larry Norman

  Men, Offering, Fishing

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• Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one. That a man leaves the darkness, when he follows the Son.

  Larry Norman

  Son, Men, Darkness

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• I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Thinking, People

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• Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.

  Larry Norman

  Sadness, Simple, Vacation

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• The Beatles said 'all you need is love,' then they broke up.

  Larry Norman

  Needs, Broke Up, Said

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• I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and serve each other.

  Larry Norman

  Eye, Thinking, Should

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• If they aren't going to advance God's kingdom, I don't care to help them advance their kingdom.

  Larry Norman

  Care, Kingdoms, Helping

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• I don't know how people can easily remain Christian if they get no fellowship. They may be able to do it intellectually, but part of the body of man is composed of spirit and parts of soul and of flesh.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Men, People

  Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.

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• My music was too religious for the rock and roll stores and too rock and roll for the religious stores.

  Larry Norman

  Religious, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.

  Larry Norman

  Soul, Needs, Body

  Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.

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• I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Subculture, Music Is

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• Apparently God makes us all different. Some of us are happy to respond to His individual touch on our lives by remaining individuals, and others of us are intimidated or frightened into trying to become like each other so that we have company, so that we don't feel so lonely.

  Larry Norman

  Lonely, Trying, Different

  Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.

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• Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of their Christian walk.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Humanity, Growth

  Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.

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• Outside of Christ, my songs have no value

  Larry Norman

  Song, Christ, Values

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• All music written by a Christian should be as integrated as everything else done by a Christian.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Done, Should

  Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.

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• Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.

  Larry Norman

  Jesus, Floating, Spirit

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• I don't see the point in being a star - it takes a lot of energy to carry yourself off as being more perfect than somebody else. I'd rather just be available with all my weaknesses.

  Larry Norman

  Stars, Perfect, Weakness

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• The churches weren't going to accept me looking like a street person with long hair and faded jeans. They did not like the music I was recording. And I had no desire to preach the gospel to the converted.

  Larry Norman

  Hair, Jeans, Long

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• I'm only here on Earth to serve God. I never had a career. I don't care about commercialism. I have a ministry and I'll fight for the ministry.

  Larry Norman

  Fighting, Careers, Ministry

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• I don't live my life as a Christian with trepidation, feeling that perhaps I've failed to give the best gospel possible on each occasion, but realising that God's taking care of a lot through his Holy Spirit.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Giving, Feelings

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• Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.

  Larry Norman

  Song, Biblical, Blood

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• I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote.

  Larry Norman

  Vote, Wonder, Ifs

  Song: The Great American Novel, Album: Only Visiting This Planet

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• I can't improve on how the Bible expresses itself, so I don't even try.

  Larry Norman

  Trying, I Can

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• I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.

  Larry Norman

  Christian, Radio, Copies

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• Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.

  Larry Norman

  Believe, People, Attention

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