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.
BRETT DENNENI 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 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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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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I think food is the great equalizer. Other than the ocean and the air, food is the thing that we all share in common. I think along with that comes the question of why are some people starving, and why do some people produce more food than they need, and why is food going to waste.
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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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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 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 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 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 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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Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it’s your job to chip away and find out what’s in the center. Sometimes it comes like swimming fish, and you have to follow it and see where it leads. Sometimes it comes totally fragmented.
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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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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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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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