I'm a true believer in not forcing anything. I hate forced art, forced anything.

- Denison Witmer

I'm fascinated by Catholic mystics, even though I grew up Mennonite in Pennsylvania.

- Denison Witmer

You don't always get lucky enough to have songs that can breathe and shift meaning. But every once in a while you open up a window and something pass…

- Denison Witmer

Instruments of a trade are really fascinating to me. Things that enable you to do your job better. Rehabbing houses is really fun to me. I love takin…

- Denison Witmer

I think I'm attracted to the mystics, to seeing needs in the world. I'm attracted to caring for people who are disenfranchised. I'm attracted to gett…

- Denison Witmer

Sometimes people will request a song I haven't played in a while and I'll play it and singing the lyrics will mean something different to me as a 35 …

- Denison Witmer

Hearing your voice and your instrument kind of breathe in the room, it affects the way you perform the songs. For instance, if you have that reverb, …

- Denison Witmer

Art that I like the most is born out of free association. I try to let my mind open up and see what comes out.

- Denison Witmer

There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really conflicted person…

- Denison Witmer