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.
BRETT DENNENNothing 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 an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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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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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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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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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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 everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.
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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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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 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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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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