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.
BRETT DENNENEvery 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 think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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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It’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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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It’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.
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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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