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.
BRETT DENNENI’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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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 mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
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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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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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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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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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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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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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