Kevin Abstract

“As soon as I left Georgia, my narrative became about taking risks and the fight for creative bedroom artists with no platform.”

“A lot of my music is about self-discovery because I focus on my teenage years.”

“I always used to say, at the end of the day, I want Brockhampton to be like Paramount or something, and you don't really know who's behind it. You just think about Brockhampton and all the types of content we provide.”

“I want to speak for people who can't speak; they're afraid to speak.”

“I'm always around creative people, and I'm trying to work on something constantly at all times.”

“Everything feels better in London. And if my life feels better, then it's easier to make music.”

“No one in my family was creative. One of my sisters went to a university, and pretty much, most of my siblings live a basic and dull lifestyle.”

“Here's the thing: we don't write music for a universal statement; we just share our experiences. And that's all it is. It's always raw and very authentic.”

“It's always been my dream to come to L.A.”

“We just want to uplift people, inspire people, and get people through their day.”

“We just want people to feel something that they've never felt before. Or at least, something they haven't felt since they were little kids.”

“Me just existing and being myself is making change and making things easier for other young queer kids. I want to be me and express that and break new ground along the way.”

“I think cliche is a good thing sometimes.”

“I just want people to be able to put on 'American Boyfriend' and accept to not know. To not know anything about everything.”

“I'm never going to search for anyone's acceptance. I'm just going to be me, and people are eventually going to have to accept it.”

“I figured it out at a young age: I could meet as many young people online and try to form my own family or my own record label group.”

“The biggest pop star in the world shouldn't be a boring white kid from Canada - the biggest pop star in the world should be a creative black kid from Texas that doesn't know how to come out to his family - that's a way more interesting story, and it gives a new type of kid some hope.”

“I want kids to live through this character I've created. I want them to say that they are Kevin Abstract because they relate to it that much.”

“I've never seen a boy band that had members who look like us - kids of color from all over the world - and met on the Internet.”

“I want to give black kids a new superhero.”