What 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.
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.
BRETT DENNENI 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.
BRETT DENNENSongs 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.
BRETT DENNENA sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it’s moody, and storm is coming, there’s an energy in the air.
BRETT DENNENI 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.
BRETT DENNENI 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.
BRETT DENNENI think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.
BRETT DENNENI 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.
BRETT DENNENThe ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
BRETT DENNENPain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
BRETT DENNENNature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
BRETT DENNENI sing the best when I’m really in my voice. It’s kind of like I’m meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.
BRETT DENNENNature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
BRETT DENNENI also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
BRETT DENNENThe mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
BRETT DENNENThe 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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