Rich Brian

I feel like, with an album, that's how you get to know an artist.

— Rich Brian

I feel like kids naturally love guns, so I was drawn to that.

— Rich Brian

I'm really not a materialistic person.

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

I'm definitely not making fun of hip-hop.

— Rich Brian

I have very little thoughts on Lil Xan. I think his music is very unique.

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

I take my music very serious. I don't call myself a comedian.

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think…

— Rich Brian

Every time I get the chance, I just talk to myself basically in English just to practice my pronunciation.

— Rich Brian

I wouldn't really call myself a spokesman for anything. All I wanna do is inspire young people everywhere - not just Indonesia.

— Rich Brian

I just say 'Amen' a lot. It's just about being grateful and never taking things for granted.

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

'Dat $tick' was the first song I tried to be serious on. Then I thought, Wow, what if I really did this…

— Rich Brian

In my neighborhood, there are stray goats everywhere, and, someone owns it. Someone has a farm full of goats. At daytime, they…

— Rich Brian

Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band…

— Rich Brian

I started home-schooling when I was in elementary school because my parents were really busy back then. They didn't have time to…

— Rich Brian

One thing about Indonesians is that a lot of them, even if they don't understand English, have absolutely no problem memorizing English…

— Rich Brian

My main goal was to be a cinematographer. I was making short films, and the plan was to keep uploading them on…

— Rich Brian

I made a Twitter account when I was 10 years old. I wasn't even trying to be funny. I was still tweeting…

— Rich Brian

It took me a while to figure out the U.S. sense of humor, a lot of trial and error. I would write…

— Rich Brian

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…

— Rich Brian

At, like, 11, I think, that was just me watching a lot of YouTube videos, and I whenever I had the chance,…

— Rich Brian

I want to write from my own experience.

— Rich Brian

I grew up in West Jakarta, in a middle-to-low-class neighbourhood.

— Rich Brian

I very rarely shop. The only money I spend is on, like, Uber and food.

— Rich Brian

My dad put me onto Phil Collins and Dream Theater and all that stuff.

— Rich Brian

For songs to be big, I don't think there's a certain formula to it.

— Rich Brian

I actually, honestly don't look into politics that much.

— Rich Brian

At one point, I had more friends on the Internet than I did in real life.

— Rich Brian

I like lyrical rappers and turn up rappers.

— Rich Brian

I would also love to get into acting. I love being in front of the camera.

— Rich Brian

My sister sings, and my brother plays the keyboard.

— Rich Brian

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.

— Rich Brian

I started playing the drums at five years old and used to listen to a lot of screamo bands like Asking Alexandria,…

— Rich Brian

I stopped playing the drums when I was ten, and I picked up Rubik's Cubes. I was doing that for a while,…

— Rich Brian

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

— Rich Brian

I say funny stuff in my songs sometimes, but it's still all in the seriousness of the music and the craft.

— Rich Brian