I don't wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music. — Brent Faiyaz Genre Copy Share Image
When you're initially making music, you're kind of just shooting at the air. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I want to own my masters. That's the main thing--owning all my music. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I'm all for it. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I work while I'm on the move, so I'm able to book sessions in different cities. — Brent Faiyaz Book Copy Share Image
My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert. — Brent Faiyaz Introvert Copy Share Image
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… — Brent Faiyaz Emotions Copy Share Image
In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person. — Brent Faiyaz Order Copy Share Image
I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation. — Brent Faiyaz Communication Copy Share Image
I could always sing just playing around, but I ain't want to be no singer. I thought that was lame. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren't enough records uplifting them out there. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
In 2018, nothing is sacred. Everyone is everywhere and knows everybody. I don't text too personal because somebody might screenshot it and… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Rapping was kind of hard. It's so many words. When you sing you can kind of stretch the words out. I didn't… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I still got bars, I just use 'em differently. I'd say I'm a better singer than I am a rapper at this… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Me and Goldlink have known of each other for a minute and our managers know each other so they set up a… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Being old didn't seem like an accomplishment. Everyone I knew who was old was like sick or broke. It just didn't look… — Brent Faiyaz Accomplishment Copy Share Image
You gotta question the purpose you serve for those who invite themselves into your life. Learn who you are and always question… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
There's the hype stuff that people love for five minutes and then there's the stuff that changes cultures and shifts how you… — Brent Faiyaz Game Copy Share Image
We're products of this world we were born into. We all battle our own demons. Everyone is troubled in the dark, but,… — Brent Faiyaz Babies Copy Share Image
I mean, I wasn't the best student in school. It would be different if I were to pursue music while I was… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
If you tell somebody that you make music they're all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I know when it comes to the actual narrative of my solo music, it's its own thing. That's why I went out… — Brent Faiyaz Collaborations Copy Share Image
I started off making beats when I was like 12. Then when I linked with people who make beats full time, I… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I was reading Neil Postman's 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'. It's one of my favourites. — Brent Faiyaz Amusing Copy Share Image
If you can look in the mirror and say I love myself, that's going to affect your interactions with people who look… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I'd prefer for people to know that they're going to get some substance when they listen to my music versus hearing the… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
If I have a collection of songs for an EP or mixtape, I create the narrative afterwards; but usually with an album,… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I think it was 'The Diary of Alicia Keys'. That was the first time album I ever bought with my own money.… — Brent Faiyaz Album Copy Share Image
I don't really feel the loyalty to any particular genre. To be completely honest, I'm an R&B singer because I'm black and… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The first couple of times I went out and heard my voice or heard people listening when I wasn't the one playing… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Music is my one opportunity to let out how I'm feeling when I'm not talking to a chick or my mom, you… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
You work on something for so long that you become numb to it. Like, you don't even know how to listen to… — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
I think it's good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
