Rich Brian

“Things can go away just like that. You got to be always respectful and nice and positive.”

“I don't want to be just seen as a character, because that can get exhausting after a while.”

“It doesn't really bother me if people misunderstand me. It's cool, but you can't do anything about it.”

“'Dat $tick' was the first song I tried to be serious on. Then I thought, Wow, what if I really did this seriously? How dope would that be?'”

“Academic studies in general is not something that I'm very good at.”

“Hip hop helped me learn about a whole bunch of American culture.”

“I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.”

“I'm listening to Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino. I'm just trying to just get as many different inspirations as I can. I love artists that can adapt and have different styles.”

“When I found out my parents wanted to homeschool me, I was so bummed out. I missed all my friends. But now I realise that if I wasn't homeschooled, I'd be the lamest kid ever - I wouldn't have been able to speak English, for a start.”

“In my opinion, an album has a story from start to finish and has a concrete concept.”

“I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on television. I was intrigued by the whole aesthetic. It was very unique.”

“I'm really not a materialistic person.”

“Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band was called Roasted Peanuts.”

“I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.”

“I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed me rappers to listen to. I actually started listening to Macklemore a lot. He's the first rapper I started listening to.”

“I'm really about seeing people and art for what they are. Like, seeing people as humans and seeing art.”

“My brother was the first to be home-schooled, and one reason they home-schooled me was so he wouldn't get jealous. Another thing is my mom noticed that I would stress out a lot about school. I would ask my teacher how good my grades were and think about that all the time.”

“My influences are a wide variety: from Dave Chappelle stand-up comedy specials on YouTube, to watching chick-flick comedy movies, to scrolling through stuff people say on the Internet.”

“One thing about Indonesians is that a lot of them, even if they don't understand English, have absolutely no problem memorizing English songs. Even my dad.”

“I made a Twitter account when I was 10 years old. I wasn't even trying to be funny. I was still tweeting in Indonesian. I didn't really speak English yet.”