Kane Brown

People always say, 'There are plenty of black country artists out there! There is Charley Pride! Darius Rucker!' That's all they can name. They don't understand what we go through, and a lot of people who are fans of traditional country music, as they call it, look at us and aren't going to say, 'Y'all like country music.'

I am not interested in changing who I am to fit someone else's idea of what a category should be or look like.

I feel like I'm just trying to pave my own lane and just kind of make my own sound.

I know that sounds weird, but I always compete with myself. If I do something, I always look at a chart and say I can do better the next week.

I feel like I should show people that no matter where you come from - you can get beat by your stepdad, if you get picked on for your clothes and having no money - I just feel like everyone should know it will be all right as long as you keep focusing on trying to move forward and looking at the positive things in life.

I always say just stay positive. If you ever get down on yourself, try to find something that takes away that negative. Always find that positive area.

I feel like I have my loved ones, but I have a lot of haters, too.

Some people have tried to change me and tell me what to do, but I haven't done it, and it's worked for me.

I always like to appreciate any achievement but then try and figure out how to top that the next time.

I used to isolate myself and be in my room by myself all the time.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

On my posts, I would tell people, 'If you like this, give it a share.' If you go online and look at my videos, you might see where I have 80,000 likes, but 525,000 shares. That's where you gain more people as followers coming in. It took me a second to learn it all, but now that I have, it's been a blessing and a curse.