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Brent Faiyaz

I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Master Music Myself Own
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
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 think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Decision Myself Talent Thinking
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Dreams Kind Musician Myself Realization Sing
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

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

Feeling Message Myself
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
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Myself Personal Scare Share Text
I still got bars, I just use ’em differently. I’d say I’m a better singer than I am a rapper at this point because I’ve been sharpening my sword.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Better Different Myself Point Sharp Sing Sword
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Conversation Music Myself Soul
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Listening Music Myself People Start
I could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Lame Myself Play Sing Thinking
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
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Music Opportunity Yourself
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 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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Best Education Myself Parents Proud Student
If I feel like making something, if I feel like saying something on the track, that’s what I am going to do – regardless of reaction.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Feeling Myself Reaction Track
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Better Care Feeling Myself Project Reality Work
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Difference Emotion Expectation Forever Listening People Yourself
With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Around Music Myself
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
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Complete Honesty Loyalty Myself Sing
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
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
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Dog Eat Exercise Healthy Reflection Work

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