Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
BRETT DENNENI 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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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I can write songs, but I’m not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I’m not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
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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’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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I sing the best when I’m really in my voice. It’s kind of like I’m meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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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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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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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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