I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
BRENT FAIYAZMy music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
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Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
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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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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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Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats and that’s kind of how I realized I could sing.
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I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.
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I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
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Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.
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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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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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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 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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My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.
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I think it was ‘The Diary of Alicia Keys’. That was the first time album I ever bought with my own money. I had a little Discman.
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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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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.
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