I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body. Mike Posner More Quotes by Mike Posner More Quotes From Mike Posner My focus is to try to appreciate the present moment more and more and more. Mike Posner try moment appreciate focus I have my dream job. I get paid to make music. Mike Posner get job music dream I try to tell the truth in my lyrics; write good melodies and make hard beats. So, basically, I just combine hip-hop with melody. That's how I classify myself. Mike Posner try good myself truth I looked at myself and realized I had a lot of boundaries up about what I would talk about, what was private for me and what wasn't. I decided to just get rid of them. It was quite liberating. Mike Posner talk myself me boundaries You need to stop looking outside and look inside - and it's such a good feeling. A feeling of love and that everything is going to be OK, and all you have to do is nothing. Mike Posner good look you love 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. Mike Posner hip-hop doing know you 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 myself me music love 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. Mike Posner without things wave time Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge. Mike Posner attached some early memories I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes. Mike Posner hip-hop doing kid up 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 hip-hop always artist art I co-produced 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber and worked on Labrinth's album, so I've been keeping busy. Mike Posner album been boyfriend busy When I recorded 'Cooler Than Me', I had been singing for like, three months at the most. I was just a producer experimenting with my voice on tracks, and now I'm, like, a really good singer in a legit way. Mike Posner good me singing voice 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. Mike Posner someone know song funny If they want to party and do all the things I say brought me sadness in my song, with my song as the soundtrack... so be it. Mike Posner me sadness party song That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart. Mike Posner community work heart love 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 me long-time time long 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. Mike Posner memory me sister car People like me for my songwriting and production, not my singing. Mike Posner like me singing people I feel like my best music is still ahead of me, and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. Mike Posner feel best me music