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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

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 FAIYAZ

Money Myself Thinking Time
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Actual Collaboration Music Myself Way
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Album Collection Music Myself Name
With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what’s around me.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Around Music Myself
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Fear Feeling Nervous Scare Yourself
I was reading Neil Postman’s ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’. It’s one of my favourites.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Book Death Myself Ourselves Reading
I don’t wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Music Myself Thinking Wake Up
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Order People Person Serious Yourself
I still got bars, I just use ’em differently. I’d say I’m a better singer than I am a rapper at this point because I’ve been sharpening my sword.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Better Different Myself Point Sharp Sing Sword
I think it’s good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Black Decision Myself Talent Thinking
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

Feeling Music People Substance
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

InterAction Mirror People Yourself
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Album Concept Live Myself Observation Window
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.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Listening Time Work Yourself
Me and Goldlink have known of each other for a minute and our managers know each other so they set up a studio session. When we got in the studio, we was cool; we’re from the same area so we have a lot in common.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Each Other Management Ourselves Session Studio Time
When you’re initially making music, you’re kind of just shooting at the air.
BRENT FAIYAZ

Initial Kind Music Yourself

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.

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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.

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