The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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 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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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 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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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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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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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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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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I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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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 love being creative, and for me it doesn’t matter what it is – whether it’s art or music or just daydreaming.
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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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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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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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