Rich Brian

“At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance, I would talk to myself, practise pronunciation. Then I found out about hip hop and became friends with American people through Twitter. I was like, 'Yo, I need to be in a country where everybody speaks the same language.'”

“When my family got Internet installed at my house, me and my siblings went crazy and would take turns browsing. I'm homeschooled, too, so I would be on the computer every day. It was so exciting to finally get Internet at my house.”

“There are good things about Indonesia, but there are bad things about it that I hope can be fixed.”

“I take my music very serious. I don't call myself a comedian.”

“Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.”

“It's pretty hard as an Asian rapper to not be put in a box. I do my best to avoid that.”

“I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while, and then I got into cinematography.”

“It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.”

“At one point, I had more friends on the Internet than I did in real life.”

“I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.”

“I remember in Indonesia, there was this actor in a film that got pretty big internationally, and he went to Hollywood. Seeing an Indonesian guy doing that when I was 13 or 14, it really motivated me.”

“I wouldn't really call myself a spokesman for anything. All I wanna do is inspire young people everywhere - not just Indonesia.”

“I learned how to make videos, I learned how to make music, I learned English from the Internet. It's such a great platform, too, to release your stuff.”

“My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.”

“I want to write from my own experience.”

“Some fan literally broke into my house. He literally came in and said, 'I'm a huge fan. I brought you food.' He brought me three boxes of noodles.”

“When you listen deeply to a song, you find all the little sounds they use and subconsciously learn how to produce and mix.”

“I like what Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina are doing, but I think I'm just trying to do something different.”

“Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor.”

“I feel like kids naturally love guns, so I was drawn to that.”