Quotes from Brett Dennen

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

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.

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.

Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.

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

Paul Simon is my absolute hero. He's one of a kind. He wrote his own ticket in life by being himself.

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.

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

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.

Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?

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

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

I used to want to be fully observational, but I'm just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.

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.

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.

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

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.