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.
BRENT FAIYAZIf 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.
More Brent Faiyaz Quotes
-
-
I want to own my masters. That’s the main thing–owning all my music.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I work while I’m on the move, so I’m able to book sessions in different cities.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
Being old didn’t seem like an accomplishment. Everyone I knew who was old was like sick or broke. It just didn’t look appealing until I moved to L.A. and started interacting with people who were 50+ and still kicking it, having money, living large.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
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 -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZ -
I think if you’re an interesting person, you don’t have to cloud yourself in mystery for people to want to know more about you.
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