Brett Dennen Quotes

Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?

I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.

Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.

Follow your heart and you won't get lost.

The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.

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.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

If I hear a really good song it's like, oh man, I want to write a song that good. But the urge to create mostly comes from nature, weather and I think it just effects me.

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.

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.

It's cool to be healthy now! It's cool to, like, drink fresh juices and drink Kombucha and all that stuff.

When you're young that's when you feel like you can change the world. Then you get older and you buy a house and have kids, and you don't want to be so bold anymore.

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.

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.

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.

I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.

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.

Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.

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.

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.

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.

I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

Paul Simon is my absolute hero. He's one of a kind. He wrote his own ticket in life by being himself.

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.

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.

I love being creative, and for me it doesn't matter what it is - whether it's art or music or just daydreaming.

I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.

I don't wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.

Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process.

I like fish and a lot of seaweed, but I don't eat bread or dairy or anything like that. It's kind of like in the macrobiotic world. I'm just a healthy eater who loves to juice.

I'm an avid juicer and a healthy eater.

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.

I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.

I think there's a certain magic that comes from being creative.

I think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it's an addictive feeling.

A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it's moody, and storm is coming, there's an energy in the air.