I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
BRETT DENNENThe 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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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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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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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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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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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I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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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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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.
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