The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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I think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it’s an addictive feeling.
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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 don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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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.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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.
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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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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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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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 think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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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