I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZIf I have a collection of songs for an EP or mixtape, I create the narrative afterwards; but usually with an album, I have a concept and the name first.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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I 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.
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Me and Goldlink have known of each other for a minute and our managers know each other so they set up a studio session. When we got in the studio, we was cool; we’re from the same area so we have a lot in common.
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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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I really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren’t enough records uplifting them out there.
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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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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.
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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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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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An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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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.
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I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
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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.
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In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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I got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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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.
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