“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.” PeopleDifferentPlaySongConcertsDifferent Place Author:Brett Dennen
“I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindStillsDifferentClearFocusMusicianSingingHappeningsWanderDrumming Author: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.” DifferentSometimesJobsSongFishesSwimmingChipsClayLumpsFragmented Author:Brett Dennen
“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.” KnowsNeedsDifferentHandsJobsSongKnowingBalanceMethodTechniqueCraftsSongwritersCraftsman Author: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.” DifferentKidsChanceMillionsDifferent Things Author:Brett Dennen
