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.
BRENT FAIYAZI know when it comes to the actual narrative of my solo music, it’s its own thing. That’s why I went out of my way after ‘Crew’ to not do a bunch of collaborations.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
-
-
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I’ll listen to certain things that I made back then, and I’m like, ‘I wish I could have done this, I would’ve done that’. When you start out making music, you just want to make something that people will like.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
If you can look in the mirror and say I love myself, that’s going to affect your interactions with people who look like you.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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 -
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 -
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 -
When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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 -
Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats and that’s kind of how I realized I could sing.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
BRENT FAIYAZ