Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
BRETT DENNENSo 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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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 a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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Songs 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.
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I love being creative, and for me it doesn’t matter what it is – whether it’s art or music or just daydreaming.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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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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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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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.
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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 have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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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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