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 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 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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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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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 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.
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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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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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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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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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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 want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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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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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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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I can’t really write unless I’m full of inspiration. And even then I can’t write unless I have some alone time.
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