Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
BRENT FAIYAZDon’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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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 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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People will listen to a song and expect that you just have that persona on all the time. But really, that was your one outlet that one day to get that emotion out. The only difference was you put it on a canvas that’s going to be there forever.
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With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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I got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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I used to think that there was a certain way I had to stick to when it came to R&B, but now I’m saying whatever, the same way these rappers do. I’m bringing that into R&B music.
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Music is my one opportunity to let out how I’m feeling when I’m not talking to a chick or my mom, you know what I mean? It’s just venting.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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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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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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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
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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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