People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything. Poo Bear More Quotes by Poo Bear More Quotes From Poo Bear When you wake up every day, it's like a new birthday: it's a new chance to be great again and make great decisions. Poo Bear day great you birthday Being genuinely humble and being myself has helped me succeed in my career. Poo Bear myself me being-myself humble For me, what makes a dope concept is it's a fresh idea, something that I've never heard before. Poo Bear fresh never me dope Finally, I've reached a place where if I'm working with an artist, they allow me to just do whatever I feel. Growing up, it was like, 'We want another 'Peaches and Cream.' Then you realise... why would you want a 2001 Mercedes Benz when I'm making 2018 Benzes? Poo Bear feel place me you I never wanna settle; I never wanna be complacent - I gotta outwork everybody. Poo Bear settle never everybody complacent You can't get tired of something you don't know exists. Poo Bear something know you tired I don't know about the rest of the world, but America loves redemption. They love giving people second chances. Poo Bear rest love people world I'm like this ghost - you look around, and all you see is the artist. But if you look at the credits, it's still Poo Bear. Poo Bear see look you artist Most writer's blocks come from people second-guessing to the point where they get discouraged, and they just quit. For me, if I write something and it's not amazing, I don't care because even if I feel like it might not be amazing, it could still be a number-one hit. Poo Bear feel me care people I've never stopped writing, I've never slowed down just because I don't have something on the radio or a No. 1 or No. 2 record. That doesn't mean that I'm not in the studio planting seeds. Poo Bear down never seeds writing My first significant break was when I was 15, going on 16, and my cousin Courtney 'Bear' Sills told me you can make a career out of writing songs. He was the one who put me in with 112. The first song I did with 112 was 'We Can Do It Anywhere.' Poo Bear me you writing song People didn't know that I existed before 'Purpose.' Poo Bear before know purpose people I don't want to be an artist; I don't really want to sing - though I do sing on a few songs. But I want to be the guy that presents new music from both new artists and established artists at the same time. Poo Bear new music artist time Being a songwriter, my job is just to write songs for people. I'm not attached to them. Poo Bear job just being people Back in the Nineties, I was in an R&B group. I signed my first record deal when I was 12. Poo Bear deal first back group I had to go through so much trial and error to get all the whack-ness out of my system as a kid. I think everybody has to do that. You have to go through a period of failing in order to get better at it - whatever you're doing. Poo Bear doing better think you I've watched songwriters, writers, producers, even artists that I've written hits for come and go. But to the world, it looked like Justin Bieber was my first success. Poo Bear go like success world I see my friends who have superstar lifestyles, and it's great to have hundreds of millions of dollars, but at the same time, it's a sacrifice of your own sanity. Poo Bear great friends sacrifice time I'm just used to working harder than everybody and other people taking the credit. Poo Bear just credit used people It's cool to have a big record, but it's even cooler for the world to love it and sing along to it in every club word-for-word. It's a real feeling. Poo Bear feeling cool love world
