Brett Quotes

I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.

Choose a book, ... Any book. Bring it here, and I'll show you what else the world can offer.

Let people hide in their homes, caged like chickens. Cowards deserve no better.

You are my daughter. I would love you if you put out the sun.

There were two kinds of women: those who wear nail polish and those who don't. Which do you prefer?

A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.

We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.

It takes courage to sit on a jury. How many of us want to decide the fate of another person's life or freedom? How many of us want to hold that kind of power in our hands?

Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the victim. We have to let go of both characters in the story.

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a problem

We all have our secrets. We all have our vulnerabilities.

I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.

I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.

I love memoirs and autobiographies in general.

The best kisses have something behind it - maybe something has been smoldering for a while, and it's about to happen.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 an avid juicer and a healthy eater.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'm so uncoordinated.

From day one when you're singing, you're dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.

I grew up listening to Frank Sinatra, riding in the car with my grandpa, and I was just intrigued by it.

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always thought you honor a contract.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

I don't need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.

In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them it's all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth.