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.
BRETT DENNENI have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.
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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 think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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 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 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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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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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I’m an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
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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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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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