When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
BRENT FAIYAZI really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren’t enough records uplifting them out there.
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With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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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.
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An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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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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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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 feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
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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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In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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If I have a collection of songs for an EP or mixtape, I create the narrative afterwards; but usually with an album, I have a concept and the name first.
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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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