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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

I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Message Myself
If 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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Album Collection Music Myself Name
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

Accomplishment Break Live Money Old People Sick
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

Listening Time Work Yourself
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Actual Collaboration Music Myself Way
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 FAIYAZ

Distraction Growth Honesty Life Music Myself
Rapping was kind of hard. It’s so many words. When you sing you can kind of stretch the words out. I didn’t have to write as much as everybody else.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Hard Kind Kindness Myself Sing Word
I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Decision Myself Talent Thinking
Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Complex Life Realization Yourself
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

Focus Music Myself People Sing Start Time Writing
As cliche as it sounds, don’t stop. I feel like so often people will have talent or have potential, and they’ll quit because they don’t get anywhere as soon as they want to.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Give Up Motivational Myself People Potential Sound Stop Talent
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.’
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Music People Substance
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

Cloud Mystery People Person Thinking Yourself
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 FAIYAZ

Money Myself Thinking Time
I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Music Myself Thinking Wake Up
I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Master Music Myself Own

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.

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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.

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