That’s one thing I really appreciate about the yoga culture, that the people are very thankful. They come up to you as much as any fan would, but they express sincere gratitude and I appreciate that.
BRETT DENNENIt’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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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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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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 have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
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Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.
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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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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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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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Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.
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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 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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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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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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