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.
BRETT DENNENI’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it’s moody, and storm is coming, there’s an energy in the air.
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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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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 think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it’s an addictive feeling.
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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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The people at festivals are much more open to dance and just sing along. They come right up to the stage and they’re very thankful.
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I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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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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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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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 sing the best when I’m really in my voice. It’s kind of like I’m meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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