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 More Quotes by Brett Dennen More Quotes From Brett Dennen 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. Brett Dennen criticism easy heart Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process. Brett Dennen pain creative process I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally. Brett Dennen bigs acting thinking 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 play writing song 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. Brett Dennen singing secret song 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 different chance kids 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 swimming song jobs I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but also know that, on the other hand, I am a songwriter and I am a craftsman, and I do have a craft and a technique and a method. So I need to balance the technique and the method. Brett Dennen song jobs hands It's cool to be healthy now! It's cool to, like, drink fresh juices and drink Kombucha and all that stuff. Brett Dennen juice healthy stuff 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 ocean air thinking I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food. Brett Dennen issues two thinking I'm an avid juicer and a healthy eater. Brett Dennen avid healthy 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 juice healthy world I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood. Brett Dennen matter fifty thinking 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 artist feelings thinking I think there's a certain magic that comes from being creative. Brett Dennen magic creative thinking 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 creative love-is art 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. Brett Dennen play song people I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature. Brett Dennen musical song ideas Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic. Brett Dennen inward peaceful inspire
