I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZIn order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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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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Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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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 don’t really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I’m an R&B singer because I’m black and I sing.
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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 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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With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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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 got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.
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I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
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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.
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I recorded everywhere. I would go to different cities and do a session there for the project. I did sessions in New York and I did sessions in L.A. It was just kind of wherever I was and I felt like cutting a track.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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