So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That’s purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?
BRETT DENNENWhat 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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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
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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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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 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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 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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