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.
BRETT DENNENThe ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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I can write songs, but I’m not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I’m not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
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Everyone wants to know what kind of music their favorite artist listens to. It feels good to. I don’t try to dwell on that too much though.
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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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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 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’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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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 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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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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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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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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I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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