I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
BRETT DENNENNothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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I think most artists would agree, it’s one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that’s loving it, it’s another thing to add cameras, but it’s a really cool trade off to be on television.
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I’m a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I’m not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that’s what yoga’s about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you.
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I can’t really write unless I’m full of inspiration. And even then I can’t write unless I have some alone time.
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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
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It’s usually kids that normally don’t have a chance to get to meet each other because they’re separated by millions of different things.
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I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don’t have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
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I can write songs, but I’m not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I’m not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
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I used to want to be fully observational, but I’m just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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I always saw myself as an old man living in the mountains playing a guitar, but I didn’t really turn that into a desire to be a professional musician or a singer or a rock star or anything like that.
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Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.
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