Brett Dennen Quotes
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Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process.
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I want to live the way I choose. It's all about happiness. I'm a happy person. But to find true happiness, peace within yourself and the world, that is something achieved in the moment. No matter the circumstance.
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I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.
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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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The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.
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Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?
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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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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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Being a songwriter or a painter you're definitely facing your fears. You're facing your fears because you're speaking your truth; you're speaking from your heart. That's something that's not easy to do, you set yourself up for all sorts of criticism or vulnerability but that's why we do it.
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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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The wind blows wild and i may move, politicians lie and i am not fooled you don't need a razor or a three piece suit to argue the truth.
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I think there's a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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Songs don't really feel like me unless I somehow shed a little secret or open myself somehow or be vulnerable. When I'm singing these songs, it feels like me, and that comes with the vulnerabilities and the strengths and the moments of triumph or whatever.
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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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It's cool to be healthy now! It's cool to, like, drink fresh juices and drink Kombucha and all that stuff.
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Follow your heart and you won't get lost.
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I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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Politicians lie and I am not fooled.
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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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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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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.
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I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar. 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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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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I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.