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.
BRENT FAIYAZI was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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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.
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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.’
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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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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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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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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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In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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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 think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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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 probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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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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If you tell somebody that you make music they’re all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their eyes at you. It would’ve taken me a lot longer to get my foot in the door if I’d continued rapping all the way.
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