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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.

Brett Dennen

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.
BRETT DENNEN

Play Song Writing
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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Fall Falling Love Rain
I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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Limits Mostly Vegetarian
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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Inspiration Kind Want
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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Ideas Musical Song
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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Alone Inspiration Time Writing
Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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Follow Heart Lost
I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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Acting Bigs Thinking
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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Inspire Inward Peaceful
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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Believe Want Way
I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it. The only way I know how to efficiently, effectively meditate is by walking in nature.
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Couple Meditation Thinking
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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College Song Writing
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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People Play Song
I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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Good Men Rocks Stars
The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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Moving Ocean Water
Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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Creative Pain Process

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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