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I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.

Brent Faiyaz

I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Decision Myself Talent Thinking
I think it was ‘The Diary of Alicia Keys’. That was the first time album I ever bought with my own money. I had a little Discman.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Money Myself Thinking Time
I’d prefer for people to know that they’re going to get some substance when they listen to my music versus hearing the same ‘Oooh baby, I love you.’
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Music People Substance
I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Music Myself Thinking Wake Up
In 2018, nothing is sacred. Everyone is everywhere and knows everybody. I don’t text too personal because somebody might screenshot it and share it.
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Myself Personal Scare Share Text
You work on something for so long that you become numb to it. Like, you don’t even know how to listen to it because you listened to it so many times.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Listening Time Work Yourself
I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Master Music Myself Own
If you tell somebody that you make music they’re all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their eyes at you. It would’ve taken me a lot longer to get my foot in the door if I’d continued rapping all the way.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Eyes Interest Music Myself Way
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Conversation Music Myself Soul
There’s the hype stuff that people love for five minutes and then there’s the stuff that changes cultures and shifts how you look at music. And then there’s that rare point where that hype stuff changes the game.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Change Culture Game Love People Rare Time Yourself
If I feel like making something, if I feel like saying something on the track, that’s what I am going to do – regardless of reaction.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Myself Reaction Track
I started off making beats when I was like 12. Then when I linked with people who make beats full time, I was like, ‘Bet, now I can focus on writing and singing.’
BRENT FAIYAZ

Focus Music Myself People Sing Start Time Writing
I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Book Death Myself Ourselves Reading
I feel you gotta be nervous. If you’re nervous, it’s just ’cause you want to do well, it’s not ’cause you’re scared.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Fear Feeling Nervous Scare Yourself
Being old didn’t seem like an accomplishment. Everyone I knew who was old was like sick or broke. It just didn’t look appealing until I moved to L.A. and started interacting with people who were 50+ and still kicking it, having money, living large.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Accomplishment Break Live Money Old People Sick
I got a dog and am trying to elevate. I’m working out, eating healthier, reading books. Making ‘Make it Out Alive’ is going to be a reflection of all of that.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Dog Eat Exercise Healthy Reflection Work

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