Brett Dennen Quotes
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 was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.
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The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.
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I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.
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As a former prosecutor, sometimes people refer to me as 'Attila the Hun.' I understand how people can get a reputation sometimes.
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I plan to open Mexico's energy sector to national and foreign private investment.
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I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
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When my mother tells me to do something, I'll do my own thing. A strong character can be good, but sometimes it is not good. I hope it's good in my case.
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For my 11th birthday, I asked to be adopted.
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But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare.
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If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.
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It's hard to fight in high heels or even jeans that are too tight. You can't kick in skinny, skinny jeans.
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
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If you're receiving fewer assignments, this could be an indicator that there was a decision from upper management that you shouldn't have as many responsibilities. Whether that means your employer has lost faith in you or that your job may be in jeopardy, this is a sign that you should start polishing up your resume.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.
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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.
