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 DENNENNature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in the public eye, I think you have this responsibility to influence people.
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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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 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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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 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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I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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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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?
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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 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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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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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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