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I can write songs, but I'm not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I'm not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.

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Brett Dennen
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: October 28
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Oakdale
California
Brett Michael Dennen
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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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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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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.
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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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Follow your heart and you won't get lost.
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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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Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process.
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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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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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I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
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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.
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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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Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?
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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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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.
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Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.
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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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