An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
BRENT FAIYAZI think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
-
-
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
There’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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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 -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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 -
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 -
The first couple of times I went out and heard my voice or heard people listening when I wasn’t the one playing it for them, it felt good.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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 -
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 -
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.’
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
BRENT FAIYAZ