What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.
BRETT DENNENI’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that’s happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I’m saying.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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 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 don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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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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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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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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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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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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