Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
BRETT DENNENI always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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