“When you’re bored, you get creative.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I think the most important part of the teenage years is wondering.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Find people whose morals and vision align with yours, and follow that.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I might not ever fully know who I am, but I also believe that I could be whoever I want, whenever I want.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I believe that self-discovery is an ongoing thing.”
― Kevin Abstract
“We just want to uplift people, inspire people, and get people through their day.”
― Kevin Abstract
“In order to make a change, I have to exist in a traditionally homophobic space such as hip-hop. If I were to just be this queer rapper who only spoke to queer kids… I don’t think I could as effectively make a change for another young, black, queer kid growing up in Texas.”
― Kevin Abstract
“It’s OK to get your feelings hurt.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I just always wanted to be part of something where I felt like I belonged.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Social media is awesome because I can somewhat paint myself the way I want people to see me.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I don’t want to be a queer icon. I want to be an icon.”
― Kevin Abstract
“As soon as I left Georgia, my narrative became about taking risks and the fight for creative bedroom artists with no platform.”
― Kevin Abstract
“It’s hard to accept the truth, especially about yourself.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I am everything Donald Trump is against.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I think we’re always scared, but we have each other to lean on, so we’re not being extremely vulnerable in front of the world by ourselves. We have each other.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I’m just super into redefining things.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I wanted to blend in ’cause I knew I was different.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“When you mention Bieber, Lorde, One Direction, I want to be on that list. But at the same time, when you say Lil Uzi Vert, I want my name to pop up, too. I’m kinda in between both. I wanna bring them together and exist.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I think cliche is a good thing sometimes.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I never thought I could sing. I still don’t.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Having to deal with, like, family problems in front of the world is very difficult.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I just wanted to have my own dynasty. I wanted my own Cash Money or Roc-A-Fella. Outside of that, I also wanted my own media company.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I don’t know what it is that I love so much about high school, but I’m attached. The empty hallways. The teachers. They made me feel so much.”
― Kevin Abstract
“It’s always been my dream to come to L.A.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I just want people to be able to put on ‘American Boyfriend’ and accept to not know. To not know anything about everything.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Hip hop’s all about expression. That’s why I got into it.”
― Kevin Abstract
“The Kevin Abstract project kind of represents being socially awkward in high school, which I’m low-key kind of tired of.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I don’t want to be that artist who’s doing the teenage angst thing and draw it out my whole career.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I know I’m not what everyone says I’m supposed to be. But I’m gonna say what I want, and this is me, and I’m gonna be American whether you like it or not.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I want to speak for people who can’t speak; they’re afraid to speak.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I think it’s awesome when you meet someone that can kind of just get you 110 percent, and no matter how long that lasts, you kind of just take it for what it is and embrace it.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I really want to only put out three projects from Kevin Abstract as far as solo bodies of work.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Most of the time, with artists like me who go on to become superstars, you never see them when they are still lost and trying to figure life out.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I’m super inspired by Master P and early moguls. They were doing everything. I wanna do that, too. Twenty-six albums in one year. It’s possible. Very possible.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I won’t have a standout moment until I perform at the VMAs, meet Ryan Gosling, and hug Sky Ferreira.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I wrote ‘Echo’ a few months after moving out of my sister’s apartment in Atlanta. I was 17 and just finished high school. I didn’t go to prom and didn’t walk the stage. I just dipped.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I’m always around creative people, and I’m trying to work on something constantly at all times.”
― Kevin Abstract
“A lot of my music is about self-discovery because I focus on my teenage years.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I want to give black kids a new superhero.”
― Kevin Abstract
“NWA was all-American; Wu-Tang was all-American. It was just a part of America you may not have seen at the time.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I feel like I would have been able to be the creative I am anywhere in America just because I have access to the Internet.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Everything feels better in London. And if my life feels better, then it’s easier to make music.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to start a record label.”
― Kevin Abstract
“I always wanted to make something that was bigger than me, that wasn’t just one person.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Money makes it easier to dream.”
― Kevin Abstract
“We did what we wanted to do, made it work, and made our own rules – and the best art we could – along the way.”
― Kevin Abstract
“Whatever we were saying in our music had to represent something and really stand for something. I just wanted to do something with purpose.”
― Kevin Abstract
“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.”
― Kevin Abstract
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