I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
BRETT DENNENI think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it’s an addictive feeling.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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I think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it’s an addictive feeling.
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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 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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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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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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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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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’m a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I’m not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that’s what yoga’s about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you.
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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 there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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