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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.

Brett Dennen

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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Clever People Trying
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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College Song Writing
The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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Moving Ocean Water
I don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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Limits Mostly Vegetarian
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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Along Gratitude People Yoga
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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Song Worry Writing
Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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Creative Pain Process
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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Anything Guitar Mountains Old Professional
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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Fifty Matter Thinking
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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Inspiration Kind Want
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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Anything Guitar Mountains Old Professional
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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Alone Inspiration Time Writing
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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Desire Growing Lost
I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don’t have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
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Agenda Heart Political Song Writing
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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People Play Song
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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Couple Meditation Thinking

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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