Mark Heard Quotes

Perhaps we have more in common by virtue of our common humanity than we have differences by virtue of our religions.

I much prefer making music to talking about it. There's something visceral about instruments and voices that transcends words.

Heaven help a timid child in a trendy tide He really doesn't know That his heart's being taken for a ride Doing what the world lays down As a steadfast rule And changing when the world says to change Like a steadfast fool Heaven, heaven help me I'm one of the dominoes Chain reaction coming Blow by blow

Music is a solace for me now. As I age, contrary to common sense, I am more and more drawn into it and apt to spend more of my waking and some of my sleeping hours thinking about it, or just feeling about it. It is my escape.

But the music business is no more about truth on the outside of the Christian ghetto than it is on the inside.