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" I realized that a lot of people in my family had sacrificed for me to have the opportunity to go to a place like Duke. I owed it to them to finish. I graduated with a 3.6. "
Mike Posner
Opportunity
Family
Me
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" When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want. "
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" A lot of people have trouble putting into words what my music is, and it's because of where I grew up. "
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" I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone. "
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" It's like, we all grow up thinking it would be so nice to have hundreds of people falling over themselves trying to grab us, telling us we're great, that they love us. "
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" Nothing means more to me than making the best music and me getting better as a writer and producer... I want you to know I work really hard. The bar is really high. "
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" I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to. "
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" Just be yourself and be upfront about your expectations and desires. Don't be ambiguous and play hard to get. It doesn't work. You'll end up in the friend zone. "
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" My earliest musical memory is of my older sister playing me Nirvana's 'Nevermind' on headphones in the back of the car on a road trip. "
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" I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're trying to impress a girl, you're not going to impress her. But if you aren't trying to impress a girl, you'll probably impress her because you're not trying. "
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" I want to headline Bonnaroo. I just want to do it more than anything in the world. "
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" I consider myself a lyrics guy. "
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" I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars. "
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" When I went to college, I made my first mixtape, and Sean gave me three verses for it. That was a big reason anyone ever listened to my music. I definitely wouldn't be talking to you now if it wasn't for Big Sean. "
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" I cared too much about people liking me because I didn't like myself enough. "
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" Honestly, I don't go to clubs very often. "
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" How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny. "
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" From what I understand about Shakespeare - which isn't a lot - there was no copyright law when he was writing. He sampled at will, and it wasn't seen as a bad thing. "
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" I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song. "
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" When I was a kid, my parents were always like, 'Money doesn't buy happiness.' I thought, 'You just didn't make enough money.' I had to go find it out for myself. "
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" My favorite color is jungle green. At least, that's what it said on the side of my favorite crayon in first grade. I don't know if it's an official color. "
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" I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself. "
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" I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood. "
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" I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician. "
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" I'm scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn't heard their stuff, I wouldn't be able to make music. "
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" I know it sounds corny, but I look for a girl that has a beautiful personality on the inside. "
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