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.
BRENT FAIYAZI probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
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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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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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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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I really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren’t enough records uplifting them out there.
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You work on something for so long that you become numb to it. Like, you don’t even know how to listen to it because you listened to it so many times.
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People will listen to a song and expect that you just have that persona on all the time. But really, that was your one outlet that one day to get that emotion out. The only difference was you put it on a canvas that’s going to be there forever.
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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 feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I’m all for it.
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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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I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
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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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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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Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.
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I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
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