Mike Posner

Mike Posner

12-Feb-1988


United States


Musician

Michael Robert Henrion Posner is an American singer, songwriter, poet, and record producer. Posner released his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff, on August 10, 2010. The album includes the US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single "Cooler than Me" as well as the top 20 single "Please Don't Go".

QUOTES BY Mike Posner


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.

I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.

I think it should be socially acceptable for men to like 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt.

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.

What I'm trying to do is maintain some mindfulness about being popular - I wasn't so great at that last time around.

I wanted to break into producing, so I would peddle my tracks and beats to labels. I always heard the same thing: They liked the music, but it didn't fit any of the artists on their roster.

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.

I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body.

In my short career, I tend not to repeat myself. I have no interest in redoing something. Sometimes that makes people angry, and maybe it's not the best thing for me commercially. But it's the best thing for me artistically, and it's the best thing for my heart.

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