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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

With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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Around Music Myself
Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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Complex Life Realization Yourself
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
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Conversation Music Myself Soul
Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
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Inspirational Motivational Myself Stop
You gotta question the purpose you serve for those who invite themselves into your life. Learn who you are and always question the motive. No one knows you the way you do.
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Invitation Learning Motivation Purpose Question Serve Yourself
When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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Initial Kind Music Yourself
An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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Party Place Stay
The first couple of times I went out and heard my voice or heard people listening when I wasn’t the one playing it for them, it felt good.
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Couple Goodness Myself Play Time Voice
I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
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City Different Myself Session Work
I’ve always felt like I was observing everything, like I’m just looking out of the window, peeping how everybody is living and just penning about it, so I made the album about that concept.
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Album Concept Live Myself Observation Window
If I’m being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up – whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.
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Distraction Growth Honesty Life Music Myself
I don’t really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I’m an R&B singer because I’m black and I sing.
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Black Complete Honesty Loyalty Myself Sing
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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Order People Person Serious Yourself
If you’re my woman, you’re somebody I give emotions to that I don’t give to nobody else. You’re my safe space. I don’t want my safe space to be compromised.
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Compromise Emotion Safety Space Woman
I recorded everywhere. I would go to different cities and do a session there for the project. I did sessions in New York and I did sessions in L.A. It was just kind of wherever I was and I felt like cutting a track.
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Different Kind Myself Project Record Session Track
I think if you’re an interesting person, you don’t have to cloud yourself in mystery for people to want to know more about you.
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Cloud Mystery People Person Thinking 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.

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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.

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