I can’t really write unless I’m full of inspiration. And even then I can’t write unless I have some alone time.
BRETT DENNENI 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 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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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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 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 want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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 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 don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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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 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 have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m 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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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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