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.
BRETT DENNENThe mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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