Brent Faiyaz

“Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.”

“Don't stop until you get where you're trying to go.”

“I'll listen to certain things that I made back then, and I'm like, 'I wish I could have done this, I would've done that'. When you start out making music, you just want to make something that people will like.”

“In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.”

“If I feel like making something, if I feel like saying something on the track, that's what I am going to do - regardless of reaction.”

“As cliche as it sounds, don't stop. I feel like so often people will have talent or have potential, and they'll quit because they don't get anywhere as soon as they want to.”

“I used to think that there was a certain way I had to stick to when it came to R&B, but now I'm saying whatever, the same way these rappers do. I'm bringing that into R&B music.”

“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.”

“I work while I'm on the move, so I'm able to book sessions in different cities.”

“I want to put my soul into the music and still be who I am when it comes to an actual conversation.”

“I was reading Neil Postman's 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'. It's one of my favourites.”

“If it feels good coming out, then I really don't care about anything else, for real. It's all about just having fun with it. If it feels like less work, then the project is coming out better.”