I'm biracial; I didn't know that until I was 7 or 8 years old. I thought I was full white, which, honestly, I can't even really say because I didn't see colors.
— Kane Brown
I'm used to having to worry every day.
Everyone should have equal opportunities and equal rights, but you can't even have an opinion without somebody going off on you. That's what's wrong with this world today.
I usually think about titles. I'll hear somebody say something and write it down in my notes, and whenever we go into a room, somebody will start naming off titles, and whoever has the best title, that's what we start writing.
Everybody's got high expectations for me. I just don't want to let anybody down.
In the first game I ever played in high school, I had a pick-six for a touchdown. That was a fun memory.
I'm definitely gonna be an outcast.
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.
That's something that I never thought I would have in a million years. We've done Gold before with 'Used To Love You Sober,' which I thought was awesome, but you don't realize once you get to Platinum, and you see the number difference between 500,000 and a million.
I've had a good-size fan base for a while.
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 still feel like an outcast on the inside, but it doesn't bother me anymore at all.
I got bullied so much growing up for being a different color in a majority white school.
A lot of people that only like country music, they're not fans of mine.
My team and my fans are going to keep growing and getting better and making a name for ourselves.
After graduating from high school, even though I was working, I didn't have enough money to pay rent, so I stayed with my Nana.
I feel like everything happens for a reason.
You put my voice on R&B melodies, on top of a real country band, and the sky's the limit.
I have lots of tattoos and am biracial.
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 have the best and most loyal fans in the world, and they are used to connecting with me since the very beginning.
In country radio, everybody has such a connection and a bond. So you've got to meet them.
It's been neat to find out different writing strategies. I've been in the room with so many different writers. Sometimes, you write with tracks, and other times, with acoustic guitars. That's been really a cool thing, because it brings out different lyrics with you.
I feel like I'm just trying to pave my own lane and just kind of make my own sound.
If you do get to know me, I'll tell everything to you. But I don't want to tell everything to the wrong people.
Radio got behind me, and I'm very thankful for it.
Now that I'm with RCA, they were able to get radio on board, and it's just really awesome to see their support and 'What Ifs' going to No. 1.
My music-making process is pretty fun and easy.
It kind of feels cool to be the outsider.
I feel like everybody that saw my videos was like, 'Oh this dude's about to rap.' They just played my videos, and I feel like I shocked a lot of people.
Matt McGinn and Taylor Phillips played a big part in getting me where I am.
I was on the road with my buddy Alex - he's my guitar player - and we watched the movie 'Click' by Adam Sandler. And I don't know why, but me and him just got in our feelings. And then we ended up calling our girls, and we were like, 'We're so sorry. We wish you were here!'
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 just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.
The thing people see about me is my tattoos more than anything, but the color aspect does not help.
I try to focus on my fans, who I know have been there since day one.
A die-hard country fan, they're not going to a Drake concert.
My first impression when I heard 'Heaven' was, 'Do not let anyone else have that song! I'm putting it on hold.' I knew it was special from the first time I heard it, and I thought my fans would love it as much as 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.
Growing up, we really didn't have a lot of money.
I'm a role model to a lot of kids.
The world is so crazy.
My fans have always been supportive and have always been there for me.
I definitely see the genre opening up a lot more. I don't know if black people don't want to get into country music or what, but I feel like we're breaking down barriers.
The tattoo that means the most to me would probably be my Chinese symbol on my neck. It means love - I got it on Mother's Day.
If you come to my shows, there's all kinds of different races, all kinds of different people.
My fans love everything. You can find my fans at a Drake show; you'll find my fans at Post Malone all the way to Pink. They just love music in general.
I love everybody.
When I was younger, my mom and I lived in a car because we didn't have anywhere to go.
Nobody deserves to be bullied.
