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 DennenNature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
Brett DennenI have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
Brett DennenPain is part of how I get inspiration and part of how I gain wisdom on life. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I don't transform it, I just let it be. I kind of let it move through me, let it consume me and I let it take me over and hurt me, and I let it go away when it's ready to go away and I understand that it's just part of the process.
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