I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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’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 there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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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 come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don’t have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
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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 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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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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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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 can’t really write unless I’m full of inspiration. And even then I can’t write unless I have some alone time.
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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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