Quotes from Mike Posner

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.

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.

I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.

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

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.

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood.

If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still.

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.

I consider myself a lyrics guy.