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 FAIYAZIf 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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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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An outside party don’t ever stay outside.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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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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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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In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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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.
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My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.
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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 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 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.’
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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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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 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.
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