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If I’m being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up – whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.

Brent Faiyaz

If you’re my woman, you’re somebody I give emotions to that I don’t give to nobody else. You’re my safe space. I don’t want my safe space to be compromised.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Compromise Emotion Safety Space Woman
I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
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Master Music Myself Own
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

Black Listening Music Myself People Start
With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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Around Music Myself
As cliche as it sounds, don’t stop. I feel like so often people will have talent or have potential, and they’ll quit because they don’t get anywhere as soon as they want to.
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Give Up Motivational Myself People Potential Sound Stop Talent
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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Album Collection Music Myself Name
I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
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City Different Myself Session Work
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.
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Couple Goodness Myself Play Time Voice
Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
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Inspirational Motivational Myself Stop
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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Battle Born Ourselves Product Stop Trouble
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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Actual Collaboration Music Myself Way
I used to think that there was a certain way I had to stick to when it came to R&B, but now I’m saying whatever, the same way these rappers do. I’m bringing that into R&B music.
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Genre Music Myself Thinking Way
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.
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Album Concept Live Myself Observation Window
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
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Order People Person Serious Yourself
My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.
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Extrovert Introvert Music Myself Perspective Writing
When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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Initial Kind Music Yourself

If I’m being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up – whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.

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If I’m being honest, I was messing up on every other level in my life growing up – whether it was in school or in my jobs. I was always distracted by my love for music.

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