A biography for Brent Faiyazhasn’t been written yet.
“With the Sonder music, I pull a lot from what's around me.”
“When you're initially making music, you're kind of just shooting at the air.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.'”
“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.”
“I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.”
“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.”
“If you tell somebody that you make music they're all interested. But when you say you rap, they just start rolling their eyes at you. It would've taken me a lot longer to get my foot in the door if I'd continued rapping all the way.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I really just wanted to make something special for women. There aren't enough records uplifting them out there.”
“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.”
“An outside party don't ever stay outside.”
“I could always sing just playing around, but I ain't want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”