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.
BRETT DENNENThings 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.
More Brett Dennen Quotes
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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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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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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 don’t wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That’s purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?
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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 think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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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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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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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’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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