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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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" In my short career, I tend not to repeat myself. I have no interest in redoing something. Sometimes that makes people angry, and maybe it's not the best thing for me commercially. But it's the best thing for me artistically, and it's the best thing for my heart. "

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

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

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" My favorite television show is 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.' "

" I'm a big fan of country music. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 just sing over hip-hop beats, you know. That's what I've been doing. That's what I started in '09 in my dorm room. "

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

" I consider myself a lyrics guy. "

" I wanted to break into producing, so I would peddle my tracks and beats to labels. I always heard the same thing: They liked the music, but it didn't fit any of the artists on their roster. "

" 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. "

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

" I co-produced 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber and worked on Labrinth's album, so I've been keeping busy. "

" I did rap when I was a teenager - started rapping when I was nine, and started singing when I was 20. I kinda sing like a rapper would sing. "

Mike Posner

Singing

Sing

" A lot of my friends who I wrote or produced songs for came back and helped me make 'Pages.' It's better than I ever could have imagined. "

" 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. "

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

Mike Posner

Than

Just

" I made a CD in my dorm room and put it on the Internet, and my friends blew it up. Within a few months, I was doing shows across the country without a record deal, without a single, without anything. "

" 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. "

" I like regular girls. "

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Regular

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

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Honestly

Very

" I thought, 'Oh that's what happens. You put a song out and everyone likes it.' Well, then a funny thing happened: I started putting more songs out, and none of them did the same thing. "

" 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 didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle. "

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

" 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. "

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Writing

Blessed

" I think it should be socially acceptable for men to like 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt. "

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Blunt

Think