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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.

Brett Dennen

Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.
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Desire Growing Lost
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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Song Worry Writing
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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College Song Writing
The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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Moving Ocean Water
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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Inspire Inward Peaceful
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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Air Common Ocean Question Think Thinking
I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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Acting Bigs Thinking
I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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Issues Thinking Two
I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that’s happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I’m saying.
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Aware Focus Happening Like
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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Chance Different Kids
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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Clever People Trying
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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Chance Different Kids
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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Inspire Inward Peaceful
I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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Good Men Rocks Stars
I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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Issues Thinking Two
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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Fall Falling Love Rain

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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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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