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 FAIYAZMe 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.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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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.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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I feel you gotta be nervous. If you’re nervous, it’s just ’cause you want to do well, it’s not ’cause you’re scared.
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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 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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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.
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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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I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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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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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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We’re products of this world we were born into. We all battle our own demons. Everyone is troubled in the dark, but, please just stop & think about the babies. They’re gonna be here long after we leave.
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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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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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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.
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