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 FAIYAZI could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.
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I got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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I mean, I wasn’t the best student in school. It would be different if I were to pursue music while I was already in school and doing things for my parents to be proud of and music was a side thing. Being that I dropped everything to do music, they was not with it.
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An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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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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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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We’re products of this world we were born into. We all battle our own demons. Everyone is troubled in the dark, but, please just stop & think about the babies. They’re gonna be here long after we leave.
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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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I could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.
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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.’
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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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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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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.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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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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