33 Quotes by Brett Dennen

The wind blows wild and i may move, politicians lie and i am not fooled you don’t need a razor or a three piece suit to argue the truth.

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’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.

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.

Politicians lie and I am not fooled.

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

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

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

I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar. I always saw myself as an old man living in the mountains playing a guitar, but I didn’t really turn that into a desire to be a professional musician or a singer or a rock star or anything like that.