Kane Brown

“The world is so crazy.”

“A lot of people that only like country music, they're not fans of mine.”

“I always like to appreciate any achievement but then try and figure out how to top that the next time.”

“I know that sounds weird, but I always compete with myself. If I do something, I always look at a chart and say I can do better the next week.”

“I definitely see the genre opening up a lot more. I don't know if black people don't want to get into country music or what, but I feel like we're breaking down barriers.”

“I try to focus on my fans, who I know have been there since day one.”

“Now that I'm with RCA, they were able to get radio on board, and it's just really awesome to see their support and 'What Ifs' going to No. 1.”

“Chris Young was a big influence of mine, and he's one of my good friends now.”

“I feel like if you're in a bad situation, and then you see somebody that's even in a worse situation, you feel for that person.”

“I wanted to call it 'Experiment' because it's all kinds of different sounds. We have a bunch of instruments on there that are basically going extinct, like the fiddle, the steel guitar, the slide.”

“I just feel like I have a chance to be a role model now.”

“I learned that my upbringing was rough, but there's other people out there where their upbringing is even worse than mine. It just gives you even more of a reason to want to help.”

“I feel like everything happens for a reason.”

“Once I got to high school and hit my growth spurt, nobody really messed with me anymore.”

“My mom was so good at hiding the bad in life that I thought all of life was good.”

“I was working at Lowes and Target, then FedEx, and still did not have enough money to pay rent on my own.”

“If you do get to know me, I'll tell everything to you. But I don't want to tell everything to the wrong people.”

“My music-making process is pretty fun and easy.”

“I don't do anything bad.”

“Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.”