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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.

Brett Dennen

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
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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Chance Different Kids
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.
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Eye Heart Writing
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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Appreciate Culture Gratitude Thankful
I think most artists would agree, it’s one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that’s loving it, it’s another thing to add cameras, but it’s a really cool trade off to be on television.
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Artists Cameras 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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Believe Couple Illusion Want Way
Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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Creative Pain Process
I can write songs, but I’m not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I’m not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
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Play Song Writing
I think there’s a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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Creative Magic Thinking
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
The ocean inspires me because there’s the energy of the water moving.
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Moving Ocean Water
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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Inspire Mountain Strong
Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.
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Creative Pain Process
I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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Issues Thinking Two
I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar.
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Good Men Rocks Stars
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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Inspire Mountain Strong
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
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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Air Beautiful Storm
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
I’m a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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Acting Big Thinking
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
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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Artist Everyone Feel Good Trying War
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
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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Believe Want Way
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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Ideas Musical Song
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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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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