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.
BRETT DENNENI also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain – that is the most inspiring thing.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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 sing the best when I’m really in my voice. It’s kind of like I’m meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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