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" It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now. "

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Depression

Problems

School

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Rapper

Sound

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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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" If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still. "

" I always wanted everyone to love me, probably because I didn't love myself enough. But now I realize that when you're an artist, you're making the music that's in your head and in your heart, and not for any other reason. "

Mike Posner

Heart

Love

" I cared too much about people liking me because I didn't like myself enough. "

Mike Posner

People

Enough

" I love the fact that I don't have a real job! "

" If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice. "

" I really look up to Louis C.K. I think he's great. And obviously he's very popular, more popular than me. Years ago, I was thinking, naively, it would be great to be that popular. And then I thought about it and then I realized that, with his money and his level of notoriety, he has all of the same emotions that I do. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people have trouble putting into words what my music is, and it's because of where I grew up. "

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

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Than

Just

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" I consider myself a lyrics guy. "

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Writing

Will

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" Honestly, I don't go to clubs very often. "

Mike Posner

Honestly

Very

" I think I was blessed with this talent for a reason. No one told me how to write a song, but I'm just good at it, you know. There are a lot of other things in my life that I'm not so good at, but writing a song is not one of them. "

Mike Posner

Writing

Blessed