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.
BRETT DENNENThe ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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Songs don’t really feel like me unless I somehow shed a little secret or open myself somehow or be vulnerable. When I’m singing these songs, it feels like me, and that comes with the vulnerabilities and the strengths and the moments of triumph or whatever.
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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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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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It’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.
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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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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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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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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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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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So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That’s purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?
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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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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.
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