I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
BRETT DENNENPain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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 for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it. The only way I know how to efficiently, effectively meditate is by walking in nature.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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 like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that’s happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I’m saying.
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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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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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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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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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I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.
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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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