Mike Posner Quotes

“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 remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.”

“It's not the job of the art to accommodate me and make me more money, make me more famous and get me more girls.”

“Space and time wouldn't let you be mine”

“If changing judges changes law, then it is not clear what law is.”

“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect. The original precedent in a line of precedents could not have been based on precedent.”

“Just having a certain kind of attitude can be magic.”

“There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.”

“While I live my life expecting to live, others expect that they might die. The rules of the world are not the same for all of us.”

“I think of what it means to be a teenager in America, necessarily pushing boundaries, making expected mistakes. Here there is no margin for error: a mistake, no matter how insignificant, dashes any small hopes to break the cycle of poverty. Here in Kibera the world is relentless and unforgiving.”