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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Art is more engaging that propaganda.

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

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.

Outside of Christ, my songs have no value

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.

I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.

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.

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

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

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

I never felt part of the Christian industry.

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

I love God and I follow Jesus but I just don't have much affinity for the organized folderol of the churches in the Western World.