I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
BRETT DENNENI’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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 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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Nature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
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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 love being creative, and for me it doesn’t matter what it is – whether it’s art or music or just daydreaming.
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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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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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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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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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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Songs don’t really feel like me unless I somehow shed a little secret or open myself somehow or be vulnerable. When I’m singing these songs, it feels like me, and that comes with the vulnerabilities and the strengths and the moments of triumph or whatever.
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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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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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