Best Brett Dennen Quotes & Sayings

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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

People walk around pushing back their debts
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find out what's in the center. Sometimes it comes like swimming fish, and you have to follow it and see where it leads. Sometimes it comes totally fragmented. — Brett Dennen

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

Blessed is this life and I'm going to celebrate being alive! — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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

I sing the best when I'm really in my voice. It's kind of like I'm meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

Follow your heart and you won't get lost. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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

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. — Brett Dennen

I'm a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I'm not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that's what yoga's about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

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

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. — Brett Dennen

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. — Brett Dennen

I think food is the great equalizer. Other than the ocean and the air, food is the thing that we all share in common. I think along with that comes the question of why are some people starving, and why do some people produce more food than they need, and why is food going to waste. — Brett Dennen

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