My smiles don't result from good things, they result in good things. Mike Posner More Quotes by Mike Posner More Quotes From Mike Posner 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 I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body. Mike Posner singer like rapper body 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
