Quotes from Kevin Abstract

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to start a record label.

I'm just super into redefining things.

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.

There are no rules when I'm making stuff. That's why I'm glad I'm not signed. No one's telling me I got to drop this type of single or this video.

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.

I don't really have a blueprint to follow besides watching interviews. Well, I guess the blueprint I do follow is Def Jam, in a way, just because it started in a small space, which is so similar to how we started.

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.

I won't have a standout moment until I perform at the VMAs, meet Ryan Gosling, and hug Sky Ferreira.

I always wanted to make something that was bigger than me, that wasn't just one person.

Find people whose morals and vision align with yours, and follow that.

The Kevin Abstract project kind of represents being socially awkward in high school, which I'm low-key kind of tired of.

I really want to only put out three projects from Kevin Abstract as far as solo bodies of work.

The way we like to make music is we'll announce a project when there are zero songs, and then we take that pressure and try to make an album really fast.

Social media is awesome because I can somewhat paint myself the way I want people to see me.

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.

People will tell you for years whatever you have to say isn't important at all. So when you have someone who breaks the mold and speaks up - and you see and identify with that - they become your hero.

The underground always has the best ideas. Sometimes those underground artists transcend and make it to the mainstream, but most of the time, the big guys just steal from us.

Whatever we were saying in our music had to represent something and really stand for something. I just wanted to do something with purpose.

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.

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

For some reason, being gay can be such a sad thing in media, so it's really cool to see someone like me who doesn't look like, I guess, the stereotypical gay guy.

It's OK to get your feelings hurt.

I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.

I just want to be Kevin Abstract and exist and help as many people as possible who are struggling with whatever they're struggling with.