Nature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
BRETT DENNENIt’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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
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When you get to say something in a song you’re not directing it necessarily at one person. When it’s in a song it’s easier to get it out. I don’t really worry so much about it when I’m writing a song.
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Things aren’t always as they appear. I’ve been believing things to be a certain way because I want them to be that way. I build up illusions in my head.
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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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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When you get to say something in a song you’re not directing it necessarily at one person. When it’s in a song it’s easier to get it out. I don’t really worry so much about it when I’m writing a song.
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace.
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I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.
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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 think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.
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So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That’s purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?
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