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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.

Brett Dennen

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

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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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  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 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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  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 big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.

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  I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.

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  Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.

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