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.
BRETT DENNENI 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 don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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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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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.
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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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That’s one thing I really appreciate about the yoga culture, that the people are very thankful. They come up to you as much as any fan would, but they express sincere gratitude and I appreciate that.
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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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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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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 come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don’t have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
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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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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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I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.
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I used to want to be fully observational, but I’m just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.
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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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