I 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.
BRETT DENNENI’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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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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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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I used to want to be fully observational, but I’m just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.
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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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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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Nature inspires me because it’s so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
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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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Nothing 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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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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.
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