Kevin Abstract

Money makes it easier to dream.

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.

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.

I just always wanted to be part of something where I felt like I belonged.

It's OK to get your feelings hurt.

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

I think cliche is a good thing sometimes.

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.

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.

Everything feels better in London. And if my life feels better, then it's easier to make music.

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.