I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
BRETT DENNENI think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it’s moody, and storm is coming, there’s an energy in the air.
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A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it’s moody, and storm is coming, there’s an energy in the air.
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I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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 can’t really write unless I’m full of inspiration. And even then I can’t write unless I have some alone time.
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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 want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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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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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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 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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Things aren’t always as they appear. I’ve been believing things to be a certain way because I want them to be that way. I build up illusions in my head.
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