I feel like my best music is still ahead of me, and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. Mike Posner More Quotes by Mike Posner More Quotes From Mike Posner My smiles don't result from good things, they result in good things. Mike Posner my-smileresultsgood-things I feel like people didn't understand where I was about to go. And a lot of people still don't. Mike Posner stillsfeelspeople If you believe, work hard, and smile there's nothing you can't accomplish. Mike Posner accomplishhard-workbelieve Tons of people inspire my music, and now when I do an interview, I'm scared to say who they are. 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. Mike Posner gratitudegivingpeople Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people. Mike Posner momteachingjobs My team and I live by 3 words: RELATE. LOVE. INSPIRE Mike Posner live-byteaminspire A really large percentage of kids from Duke go to work on Wall Street, and they make a lot of money, but they're almost slaves to their jobs, working crazy hours. Their job totally dominates their lives, and most of them aren't happy. So many of my friends are going down that path. I even thought about it for a second, like "Should I be doing that?" But I just pursued my dreams instead, and I always tell people to do that. Now I make more money than they do, and I'm doing what I love. Mike Posner walldreamjobs I think Taylor Swift is a really good artist. I feel like her personality shines through everything she does, her music, her fashion, her style. She won Album of the Year, and she’s a really good writer. I’m a song writer so I respect artists who write their own songs. She won Album of the Year when she was 18 or something like that so, I think she’s dope. Mike Posner fashionwritingsong A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it. Mike Posner careersartistkids 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 copyrightlawwriting I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood. I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's one of the most diverse cities in the country. Just from the different socio-economic statuses and racial and ethnic groups I was around, I was around all different types of music from the beginning. Mike Posner growing-upcitiescountry Duke is in extremely competitive environment. In my high school, I think I got one B my whole four years. I was used to being the smartest kid in every class I was in, and then I went to Duke and suddenly I was the dumbest kid in every class. Everybody there is up to something. Mike Posner kidsschoolthinking So I'm in the library, and I have keyboards out and my headphones out. Everybody's like, "Mike are you making beats right now?" and I'm like, "Yeah... sorry!" Mike Posner librarykeyboardssorry My name is Mike Posner and I walked across America, keep Going. Mike Posner entertainment I don't even know what this experience means in the context of my life yet, i do know that I am not the same person I was when I started. I'm harder. I'm more authentic. I'm more real. I'm more myself. That's the only trophy I need. Mike Posner entertainment I created this project, these songs and these affirmations to remind Mike Posner who I am when things get hard. I hope they can provide you the same strength. Mike Posner entertainment 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. Mike Posner knowjunglegreencolor I was constantly looking for things outside of myself to make me feel good, and I think now that feeling can come from the inside, and that's why I meditate now twice a day. Mike Posner daygoodmyselfme I didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle. Mike Posner endingmyselfstrugglelove 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. Mike Posner be-yourselfyourselfyouwork
