I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
BRETT DENNENI think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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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 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’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 always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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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 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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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 have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I’m in nature.
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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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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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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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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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