I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
BRETT DENNENI’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don’t have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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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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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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I think most artists would agree, it’s one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that’s loving it, it’s another thing to add cameras, but it’s a really cool trade off to be on television.
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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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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.
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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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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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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