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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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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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A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it’s moody, and storm is coming, there’s an energy in the air.
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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 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 think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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