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I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.
Brett Dennen
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Brett Dennen
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: October 28
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Oakdale
California
Brett Michael Dennen
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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 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 there's a certain magic that comes from being creative.
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Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.
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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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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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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. 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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Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?
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I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.
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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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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 have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
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The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.
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Follow your heart and you won't get lost.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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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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