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" It's always hard for an artist from the U.K. to break into the United States. It's especially harder for a rapper because hip-hop is such an American art form. "

Mike Posner

Rapper

Hip-Hop

Artist

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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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" When I started picking out music for myself, I was a hip-hop kid. DMX, The Roots, Outkast, people like that. "

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" I know it sounds corny, but I look for a girl that has a beautiful personality on the inside. "

" I want to headline Bonnaroo. I just want to do it more than anything in the world. "

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Than

Just

" My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more. "

" 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. "

Mike Posner

Writing

Will

" 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. "

" I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could. "

" I feel like my best music is still ahead of me, and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. "

" I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it. "

" I've remixed lots of other people's songs, from Adele to Electric Light Orchestra to Beyonce, so when my record label said, 'Why don't you give 'Ibiza' to someone to remix?' I said, 'Sure,' because I like the idea of people reimagining art and making something new out of it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have my dream job. I get paid to make music. "

" I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it. "

Mike Posner

Opportunity

First

" I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears! "

" I had an initial wave of popularity that, in time, crashed, and I slowly became less popular and less successful, and I had to figure out who I was without those things. "

" Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge. "

" My songs are all personal. "

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Songs

Personal

" It took me a long time to stumble upon a sound, and I figured out I wanted to kinda sing rapper's lyrics. "

Mike Posner

Rapper

Sound

" 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. "

" I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to. "

" 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. "

" I take a lot of pride in my songs. "

" 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. "

" I was trying to maintain a facade of infallibility, which is exhausting. Like, I used to wear tons of makeup because I had bad skin. I couldn't go out in public without makeup on. "

" Avicii's been a supporter of my music for years, and we've been writing songs together for a long time. "