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 FAIYAZThere’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.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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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.
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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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Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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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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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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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.
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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 feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
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If it feels good coming out, then I really don’t care about anything else, for real. It’s all about just having fun with it. If it feels like less work, then the project is coming out better.
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I got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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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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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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