A biography for Brent Faiyazhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I got a dog and am trying to elevate. I'm working out, eating healthier, reading books. Making 'Make it Out Alive' is going to be a reflection of all of that.”
“Music is my one opportunity to let out how I'm feeling when I'm not talking to a chick or my mom, you know what I mean? It's just venting.”
“I got a toy keyboard when I was around like five or six.”
“I think it's good that YouTube decided that they really want to showcase Black talent.”
“The first couple of times I went out and heard my voice or heard people listening when I wasn't the one playing it for them, it felt good.”
“I want to own my masters. That's the main thing--owning all my music.”
“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 I sing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I feel like any way you can get the message to resonate, I'm all for it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert.”
“I started off making beats when I was like 12. Then when I linked with people who make beats full time, I was like, 'Bet, now I can focus on writing and singing.'”
“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.”
“I don't wake up thinking about the genre of R&B as a whole. I just make music.”
“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.”
“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.”