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.
BRETT DENNENIt’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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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 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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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